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17th Dec Solanum tied

9° 20'

  10 12 not moved or trifle from light

  11° little to left

11° 55 at ∠ from light & little to right.

12. 45 — back

12. 45

1. 36

2. 22

3. 5

4

4. 35

1. 36 to light & left

2. 22 to left

3. 5 a little from light

4° to light & left

4° 35' little way to right

6° to light & left

8. 15 good way to left

10. 10' short way do

joined by dotted line

18' 7° 20'

  8° 30' to light & right

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difference between the races, we must make some allowance for our nice powers of discrimination gained by the long habit of observing ourselves. In India, as Elphinstone remarks 1*(1), although the various native races cannot be distinguished by a newly [text excised] yet they soon appear to him ex=

[Descent 1: 215: "In regard to the amount of difference between the races, we must make some allowance for our nice powers of discrimination gained by the long habit of observing ourselves. 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."]

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Solanum Dec 18th

8° 30 see last paper

9° 43 from light

10. 47 an atom back or to light on old line

12. from light

12. 30' same course

1. 30 left from light

3. 10 not moved

4. 5' to left & light

4. 35 short way in same course

6. 40  left & light

8. 30 left & light

10° almost same spot

19° 7.15   ⊡

  ⨀   = .55

7 2/8 ⨀   probably grown

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slaves in Brazil, who have been imported from all parts of Africa. The same remark holds good with the Polynesians, & with many other races. It may be doubted whether any one character can be named which is constant & is distinctive of [text excised] savages even

[Descent 1: 225: "This strikes every one when he first beholds the negro-slaves in Brazil, who have been imported from all parts of Africa. 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."]