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318 TRA V~L8 IN APRIUA.Arnerica--elearlydesignates the antiquity of the regulatioD, howe~ersug~gested, certainly derivedfromone ofourcommon parents. East Scythia;trace its course as wemay, presen,ts itselfas itssite. It does not appearto have beeu inherited by tuase columns orthe hurnan race whichquitted the cornmon cradle of mankindby its western side,by the raceof,Shem at least, generally, but it is most deeisively the case here. For,strange to say, although no regulationof the Koran, whieh circurnstance.bould prove it not of Arabie descent, so strong is the prohibition here,that aDY person against whorn the guilt isproved,anymalé, who is dé..linquent by compliance with,the mode dictated by nature,is ipso factodegra(b~d to that de.gree, thathis testimony continues ever aftel' înad;.missible inany court oflaw.No sacred dietateean bernore irnperative,none more: rigidly adhered to, thanthisunac~ountaible;,and of courgelJ"~'aceou.nted-for injunction, ntme,' the failure wherein is cO'Bsidered' in: aiIB:Qre'coue1usive light,. whatever it originally was,:whet.her malldate,' PIt{)..hHî)i~i(}n,or imprecation. Asto,thedog, whowith a1~ hisvÏ'rtu6s'seemstohavebeen usually marked fordisparag~ment,..-a;ninJusticè;however;wecau easily aceoun;t forw.henwerecoUecthe comes forward with votan.tO/PJ/services to mankÏ1ld-t;he allusion conveyed there serves ta hring torecol1ection that t.he nobleranimals, the lion, the eIephant, are retromin­'gent, and both have suppliedmankDllild f\Vtitb ideas of dignity. Hasan,.corl1ary or deduction heeu derived therewith?· Ifso, how farrnoredutlable and extensive is the prejudice, compared w,ith therationale, whicbindeed ishere next tonought, andwhat becomes ofthecalclllations.ofthose who speculate, thattlweradication of anci~nt error is tlle work ofa.day 1The M'Oof's",although their c1imate rnay he called humid, and winters.cold,.dispense wîtk: tires exce.pt forculinary purposes. Indeed willter'isnot the seasotl, to viait thesecountries. 'l'his peopleseem,Uke the