. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ure has been formed in India, making up the massof the population. This classification is probably the best attainable at present. \\ henwe consider the contradictory opinions formerly held, and the uncertaingrounds on which they were arrived at, it may appear very greatprogress to have got so far. When mankind can be reduced on ana-tomical grounds to four main types, each di
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ure has been formed in India, making up the massof the population. This classification is probably the best attainable at present. \\ henwe consider the contradictory opinions formerly held, and the uncertaingrounds on which they were arrived at, it may appear very greatprogress to have got so far. When mankind can be reduced on ana-tomical grounds to four main types, each differing in bodily structure. much less than the varieties of dogs or pigeons, it surely cannot be difE- cult for any one to accept the unity of the human race as very probablescientifically, even though not yet proved to absolute demonstration. It is manifestly impossible to understand fully the human popula-tion of a country or continent without some knowledge of the physicalGeographical conditions by which it is influenced—of the trees which formdistribution -^.g forests, the plants which are available for its crops, theand pUnts. animals upon which it feeds, or with which it has to contend. IN TROD UCTION. 15. FIG CACTUS, OB PRICKLY PEAR. AGAVE. EUROPEAN PLANTS. PINE-TKEK.
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