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Show ACCI"IMA1'JON; OR, TJJE INFJ.UF.NCE OF All races of men, like animals, possess a c011:ain d grco of consti- '> ttttional pliability, which nnhlcs them to b ar gt· at ·bangcs of temp raturc or Jatitndo; and those rae s that nrc indig Jtous to t mporntc climates, having a wide th rmometri al rang , support host. tho extremes of otlt r latitudes, wheth r hot or cold. lion c Auelt 1·a · s might b I' .ga]'(lcd nlmost as cosmopolites. In a ·coJ'(lance wiLI1 tllis id a, th .JcwH, who wo1·c origimtlly scattered hotw n 30° ann 40° north latit.ndc (wl1cro they were subj ctod to considcrahlo h at in summer and cold in winter), wore already w ll pr par cl to become acclimat d to far gr ater ·tr mcs of temporatur in oth r latitud FJ. Tho inlw.bitants of tho Ar tic, also, as w 11 as those of tho Tropics, l1avo a c rtain pliancy of constitniion; hnt, while tlto .few and othoe inlHtbitants of tho middl ]atitndos may migrate 30 dogr s south, or 30 dcO'r os north, with compamtivo impmtity, tho ICHkimau on tho ono xtrcm , or tho Negro, Ui1tcloo, and Mah1y on tho otlJOr, J1ave no power to witl1stand tho vicisRitll(l s of climate cnconntorcd in traversing tho 70 degrees of Jatitucl h tween Ol·ocnln, nd and tl1c quato1·. l~ach m has its proscril>od salnbrious limits. 'l'hc thi1· races of orLh m Enrop , below tho Ar •tic zon , of which ih Anglo-Sa.xons arc impm do. concbntFJ, will SOI've as anotl1or illuFJtntt.ion. 'J'l1 so rae s arc now acatt I'CU over most parts of the habitable glob ; ancl, in many instanc s, th y have unu •rg no fhr gTcator phyFJical haJl"CB than th Jews. Tlto limatoA, for inAtmlCO of Jamai n., Louisiana, n.nd Jndin., a1·c to th m mucl1 more cxtr m~ than to tho J wiHll mco. The Israelite may be r cogniz d anywJ1ero; but not FJo with tho Scandinavian :111d his des ·onclantA in tho tropicA. Tho latter becomes tanned, omaciatocl, debilitated: hiA (:Onnt nanco, on 'rgy, V rything und 1'0'008 a hangc: ann wo;·c we not familiar, fl'Om daily ohs rvation, with those JT' eta of climate upon northoru races,. wo s~10uld not snsp ·t tho origi11al ancestry of many of tho pres 'nt 1nhah1tantFJ of hot climates. In t]ICA cas .s ·we ~)ohold, not simply a healthful modi·fication of the physi 'al and lllt~llcctual roan.' ht~t a poFJitively mot·bid degradation. ']'he pure wlnte man carl'l d Into tl1o tropic d t riomtes both in mind an<l hody ;. tho av:rago ~nration of his lifo is lesson d; ancl, without fresh Impo~'LatLOns, lnFJ mce would in time become cxtin ·t. Wh n, howcv l', l11s cloHcond~ntFJ ar taken back to tl1oir llativo climes, tltoy t·evcl't to tho b alt.hfnl standat·d of th ir original typ A: th latter m~~ ~uwc boon distorted, but cnn never be lost, cxc pt in donth. (,J lus fact may be fhmilial'ly x mplifiod by tho habits of Engli:-~h SOJ<nu:~1Crs (colonists th y cannot be termed) now scatt I' d throughout £Imd sb\n an<l tho Indian Archipelago, on both si<les of Afric<t 11 few hnndr d miles north of the Cnpc, along tho southern shores CLlMATE AND DISEASES ON MAN. 3!)7 of tho Mcditernmoan, in tho West Indios, 'outh Amo1·ica, and lsowhero. Such emigrants arc, moreover, out of all proportion, athletic adults before quitting their birth-place; who sot forth with tho intention, and arc over cheered by tho hope, of returninG' home tho moment their ambition is realized. Few, notwithstanding, como back to their native land with constitutions unimpai1· d; but, in no cases do those English whose moans arc not absolutely insignifi.cant, attempt to roar up their children in any of tho above tropical regions. If th y do so, paL' nts moum over tho graves of lot:Jt oflspring, or sigh on beholding the sickly appearance of tho surviving: of tho latter, an adult gcnoratiou, sp cially amongst t,h · females, su froring under houl'ly-iucroasin 0' morbific influence, il'l destined to succumb fat· within tho avomgo limits of longevity tltnt would have been accorded to them by a lifc-i nsu1·anco actuary, ha<l they grovvn up in JTiuropo. On th contrary, v ry sa ·riiico is mach•, under tho name of "education," to send thcu1 lJ meward, in order that they may become constitLltionally t·etcmpe?·ed, bofot·o they nrc once more exposed to such dolotorious intertropical inUuonccs. So true is this rule, that, on tho authority of a friend of Mr. Gliddon'H, Major General Bnguold, of tho !Ion. East India Company's Service -a veteran who now, with his family, in J ... ondon, practically can·ie10 into eflcct half a century of Oriental cxporioncos-wo know that tl1o oldest purely-English r gimont in India, tho "Bombay Tufts," notr withstanding that maniagcs with British females arc encouraged, has novct· boon able, fi·om tho time of Clladcs IT. to tho present hour, to roar, from births iu the corps, boys enough to supply itH drummers and fi(crs. Tho same rule holcls good with tho Dutch i.n Batavia and otho1· Indian islands. Their children, when of pul'c blood, in h alth arc weakly; when lwlf-caste, worse. WllOro, however, as frequently hapi ens in our Gnlf States, such half-caste is produced by tho union of South (darlc) Europeans with nogt· ssos or squaws, a hardier animal appears to be the result. lloar DE JODEitT: "Le Fran9a.is s'acclimate-t-it7 us enjans s'dl~vcnt-its 011 .lllgdrie7 Wo Hpon.k of Fronchrnon, and not of those Spt\lliHh, Holian, n.od Mttltoso populn.tions which, corning fr·orn n. country more ant\logous in climn.te [n.nd being in typo dm·k rnoos, ttlso], bottr better than our fellowcountrymen tho iofiuence of tho Afl'ican climate. "Algerian colonists ho.vo always confounded, nndor tho same name of colony, every estttblishmont of Europcn.ns out of Europe. 'fhoy hn.ve not refiooted thn.t, in climates different fron1 thoso of Em·opo, he [tho Em·opottn] labors but little in body. Ho mor·e frequently commands, ttdrninistmtes, or follows mercantile pursuits in the cities [not in the oonntry]. "French and English raocs lnbor in Cnnnda, in the no1•tbcrn parts of tho United Str\t~~. and in Now Holland; but, in tho Southo1·n States of the Union, at the Antilles, Ouo.y11nns, |