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Dec 17th

Orange Gourd

Dec

9° 20' tied
10 .12' to right & light
11° to right & light
11. 55 nearly same course
12. 45 to light
1. 36 to light & right
2. 22' same course
 do 3. 5  
4°   to light & left
 do 4. 35  
  new dot ⨀
6° to left
8° 15 from light & little to left
10. 10 gone back to L.

18. 7° 20' joined by dotted line
8° 30' gone back on nocturnal line

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tremely dissimilar; & the Hindoo cannot at first perceive any difference between the several European nations. Even the most distinct races of man, with the exception of certain negro tribes, are more like each other than might at

[Descent 1: 215-16: "In India, as Elphinstone remarks,1 although a newly-arrived European cannot at first distinguish the various native races, yet they soon appear to him extremely dissimilar; and the Hindoo cannot at first perceive any difference between the several European nations. Even the most distinct races of man, with the exception of certain negro tribes, are much more like each other in form than would at first be supposed.
1 'History of India,' 1841, vol. i. p. 323. Father Ripa makes exactly the same remark with respect to the Chinese."]

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Orange gourd Dec 18

8°. 30' new d on old line nocturnal line

9. 43 far to left

10. 47 back from light & to right

Cots out of ground now

12° to left back

12. 30 far to left & from light

1. 30 to Rt & to light

3 8 12 to light

4° 5' to left & light

4° 35 gone back to right

6. 40 left & light away & Rt

8. 30 left away

10° come back nearly to originl starting point

(12 6/8 mark dropped off)

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any one race. The uniformity of character [text excised] Even [text excised] within the limits of the same savage tribes, the uniformity of their character has often been exagerated. Hottentot women offer certain characters, perhaps more strongly marked than those occurring in any other race,

[Descent 1: 225-6: "The same remark holds good with the Polynesians, and with many other races. It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant. Savages, even within the limits of the same tribe, are not nearly so uniform in character, as has often been said. Hottentot women offer certain peculiarities, more strongly marked than those occurring in any other race, but these are known not to be of constant occurrence."]