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It has been rejected chiefly from because the f distribution of the variously coloured races, most of whom no doubt have long inhabited their present homes, does not at all coincide with corresponding differences of the climate. Weight must, also,

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be given to such cases as that of the Dutch families, who which as we hear on excellent authority *(39), have not undergone the least change of colour after residing for three centuries in South Africa. The uniformity appearance in various parts of the world of Gypsies & Jews, though the uniformity of the latter has been somewhat exaggerated *(40), is likewise an argument on the same side of the question. Either A very damp or a very dry atmosphere tha has been thought to be more influential in modifying the colour of the skin than mere heat;; but as d' Orbigny in South America & Livingstone in Africa, arrived at diametrically opposite conclusions on this head with respect to dampness & dryness, it the any conclusion on this head must be considered as very doubtful. *(41)

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thrown on the production of the differently coloured races. With the colour of the skin there is good reason to believe that the odour habitually emitted, and perhaps the texture as well [text excised] the hair are likewise correlated.