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Among plants there were many types of man. Red fruits were generally 
acid, corresponding to red-haired races of men, which were usually fiery. 
Black fruits were strong in taste, and black-haired races, similarly, were 
little susceptible of improvement. Light-coloured fruits were generally 
delicate in flavour, aad corresponded to light-haired races. This was car- 
ried out in the eggs of birds, and in some other plants, though occasionally 
colour might only be an accompaniment, and not necessarily a cause. 
Passing to the animal kingdom, Mollusca, soft pulpy animals, corresponded 
to men with flabby constitutions, and so with many tribes similar resem- 
blances were traced — for example, between certain tribes of cows and Eng- 
lishmen, whence the term John Bull was probably derived, that element 
being easily recognisable — stress being frequently laid upon phj'^siognomical 
characteristics. The pig and some other animals had been condemned by 
the Semitic race. Mr. Napier concluded his paper with some interesting 
observations upon the influence of daily life and surrounding objects upon 
men and animals, and the power of man in modifying the characteristics 
of animals according to his own wishes. 
In the discussion which followed, Mr. Geo. Harding, Jun., mentioned 
several white flowers of very powerful scent, and green fruit of decided 
taste, which were not in accordance with the author's theories ; and the 
President commented upon the fanciful ingenuity displayed by Mr. Napier. 
