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ou t, and have been supported by -eh goTetT, 
recently told us by itineration of tbe savage tribes 
based upon their actual know e g th extraditions of all civilization, I 
of Africa. Taking such facts and f ^n"ve arrived at can be 
must say 1 do not understand how the concl " sl t0 tte origin of fire, 
disputed. As to the tradition among ^ has satisfactorily 
to which Mr. Warington has alluded, my friend ^ j tUnk it wiU 
shown that that rather would tell m favour of 7 ’ one of the 
he found upon investigation, that among thos poetry « And 
vaguest of traditions, and not ™ * re derived from savages we would 
when Mr. Warington argues that if ^ sQ . he kaS; in fact, said 
not tell it, I suppose he means that e w ^ Um that this argument 
that he would not (hear, hear) ; u Darwinians. Professor 
has been already repudiated m antlc ^ a ld arvueslhat to have risen 
Huxley almost glories m his a P®'™“ s ’ , d ° ur 0 f man’s capacities.” 
from a monkey “is the best P^ °f ^ this credit ; but I have 
Perhaps his monkey progenitor ou G theory as to 
never jet heard of a Darwinian who had such aim ^ ^ ^ 
put his children under * e ^rshtpof e ^ when we come gravely to 
well for men to speculate about these tn , meant 
discuss a subject of this Mud, ^ cation, or that 
in my paper to deny that there are different phases^ ^ j. care . 
there may he an advance from one e g re ® ^ dwell upon that branch of 
fully guarded against that, thoug obUged t0 leave out a great deal, 
the subject at any length I ^was > ^ with one ninety -ninth part 
, i. j tv/Tv, t? "R Tvlor on this point ; and, in en- 
* Mr. Warington has quoted Mr. ib.&.J-y x have come up0 n 
deavouring to fiSd the passages he may have^ad m 
the following remarks of M . • J ’ d Andaman Islander, as fairly 
Speaking of “the native which we have any certain 
presenting the lowest state of ^S^^As have articulate language; 
knowledge,” Mr. Tylor says h a yg S ^o^s, though but -d clumsy 
representing uu.c - “ Those savages nave aruuumuo ^ , 
knowledge,” Mr. Tylor says ; ^I\ 0 ugh but simple and clumsy 
they know the use of fire , they « 0 / any people having been 
ones. There is no authentic account, he adds oj y i ^ concludes the 
ZLeredwho did not ?XhSr4d in Swing words ^“The 
.fS woods, do not exist 
5“ri”nS as the poet describes them roaming, 
herd,’ about the woods, do not exist ^ , deduce general prmciples 
find out the beginnings of “ an l^ivilized European to the savage, and then 
v lV reasoning downwards, from the .. These citations are 
W to in lower possMe ^ ol. I. p : 21, et^X on 
they are called, if they prove mythrng • mly P sink into so me 
