Chap. VII. 
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pettier in large numbers in the same country, be would 
^mediately discover that this was by no means the 
Ca se, In Brazil he would behold an immense mongrel 
population of Negroes and Portuguese ; in Chiloe and 
other parts of South America, lie would behold the 
"'hole population consisting of Indians and Spaniards 
tended in various degrees . 13 In many parts of the 
same continent he would meet with the most complex 
er osses between Negroes, Indians, and Europeans ; and 
such triple crosses afford the severest test, judging from 
the vegetable kingdom, of the mutual fertility of the 
Parent-forms. In one island of the Pacific he would 
hud a small population of mingled Polynesian and 
■^uglish blood ; and in the Viti Archipelago a popula- 
tion of Polynesians and Negritos crossed in all degrees, 
^lany analogous cases could he added, for instance, in 
®°uth Africa. Hence the races of man are not sufifi- 
Oently distinct to co-exist without fusion ; and this it 
Js > which in all ordinary cases affords the usual test of 
specific distinctness. 
Phir naturalist would likewise be much disturbed as 
s °°n as he perceived that tbe distinctive characters of 
e Very race of man were highly variable. This strikes 
every one when be first beholds the negro-slaves in 
Brazil, who have been imported from all parts of Africa. 
Bhe same remark holds good with the Polynesians, and 
"ith many other races. It may he doubted whether 
a uy character can be named which is distinctive of a 
1,lCe and is constant. Savages, even within the limits of 
le same tribe, are not nearly so uniform in character, 
as has often been said. Hottentot women offer certain 
de Quutrefages lias given (‘ Anthropolog. Review,’ Jan. I860, 
P an interesting account of the success and energy of the Paulistas 
a 1 who are a much crossed race of Portuguese and Indians, with 
auxture of the blood of other races. 
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