[1618] Angas, ‘Savage Life,’ vol. i. p. 316.
[1619] Speaking of the Rejangs of Sumatra, Marsden says (loc. cit. p. 206), ‘The quick, and to them inexplicable, revolutions of our fashions are subject of much astonishment, and they naturally conclude that those modes can have but little intrinsic merit which we are so ready to change.'
[1620] Earl, loc. cit. p. 48.
[1621] Williams, ‘Missionary Enterprises,’ pp. 538, et seq.
[1622] Darwin, ‘The Descent of Man,’ vol. ii. pp. 403, et seq.
[1623] Darwin, ‘The Descent of Man,’ vol. ii. p. 410.
[1624] Mr. Wallace, in his ‘Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection’ (p. 359), believes that ‘a superior intelligence has guided the development of man in a definite direction,’ and considers (pp. 348, et seq.) that the hairless condition of the skin comes under this head. Again, Mr. Belt’s experience in tropical countries has led him to the conclusion that, in such parts at least, there is one serious drawback to the advantage of having the skin covered with hair:—‘It affords cover for parasitical insects, which, if the skin were naked, might more easily be got rid of’ (Belt, loc. cit. p. 209).
[1625] Collins, who wrote sixty years before ‘The Origin of Species,’ makes the following observation regarding the natives about Botany Bay and Port Jackson (New South Wales):—‘Their sight is peculiarly fine, indeed their existence very often depends upon the accuracy of it; for a short-sighted man ... would never be able to defend himself from their spears, which are thrown with amazing force and velocity’ (Collins, ‘Account of the English Colony in New South Wales,’ vol. i. pp. 553, et seq.).
[1626] v. Humboldt, ‘Political Essay,’ vol. i. pp. 152, et seq. Waitz, ‘Introduction to Anthropology,’ pp. 113, et seq. Brough Smyth, loc. cit. vol. i. p. 30, note; Salvado, ‘Mémoires,’ pp. 274, et seq.; Collins, vol. i. p. 553 (Australians). Rengger, loc. cit. pp. 9, et seq. (Indians of Paraguay).
[1627] Lawrence, loc. cit. pp. 422, et seq.