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WAS EGYPT THE CRADLE ...OF CIVILISATION Z

FASCINATING QUESTIONS.

METALS,

(Specially Contributed.) {"THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN"

BY W. J. PERRY.]

For Bersonis interested in the origin and early history of civilisa tion this is a very important book, not because it adds much to oúr knowledge but because it is the most complete and comprehensive statement of a point of view which may one day be the accepted standpoint of every accredited ethnologist. At present it is the viewpoint of a minority, the chief living" exponent of which is Prof. Elliot Smith

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pressure alone, and "that in other divisions of the diimal kingdom we know of species and whole

course,

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

The third and decllling match for the Hongkong Rugby Football Association Cup was played at | Happy Válley yesterday afternoon and resulted in a victory for the Navy over the Club by 8 points to

| generi of animals that migrate NAVY RETAINS-THE---CUP.

for food, we think this conclusion more remarkable for its startling character than for its truth.

Mr. Perrys of substantiates his conclusions with ANCIENT SEARCH POR PRECIOUS numerous quotations and facts But we do not think his authorities all equally trustwortity or his so of the fatis all equally legitimate. The Navy thus retain the It suits patt of Mr. Perry's theory half was even and scoreless. cup for another year. The first forthistatice, to suppose that the CODnot must have been carried After the laterval Cahn, the Navy over the Polynesian islands, tull-back.sopred a try which was would seem that the coconut must unconverted, This was almost- be planted in order to grow he ful solo effort by Nicholson who immediately followed by a success Bays. To substantiate this he converted his well-earned try. quotes (possibly from Rutland) The Club forwards were in good

Pickering, who visited a 'great many of the small uninhabited form, but suffered from lack of Polynesian islands, states, that he support from the backs. The Navy's did not meet with a single instance combination worked with perfect. of the spontaneous extension of the species." On the other hand in contradiction, of this we have irrefragable proof of the natural distribution of the coconut. The island of Krakatoa was sub- Recently we have had two merged by volcanic eruption in important books on anthropology 1883 and every scrap of vegetation which took up the position that the destroyed. Dr. Erast in existing varieties of man are not account of " The New Flora of the derived by differentiation from a Volcanic Island of Krakatoa" on single ancestral form but are his first visit to this uninhabited. Owing to the hurried departure developed by amalgamation of the island says, to our great delight of the Navy, a dinner has been descendants of several quite dis-"we found the coconut paims arranged at very short notice for crete types. That way madness laden with fruit, The large Thursday at Volunteer Headquarti :

number of ripe buts on the ers, commencing at 8 o'clock, when "ground, several of which had the Rugby Cup will be presented "germinated and produced plants to the winners. "reaching one meter in height, showed that they must ........ have attained the fruiting stage some years ago." (p. 30).

lles.

The present volume, although it does not deal with the origins of the human race, may be said to be just the opposite of these.

In board outline the conclusion of the book may be said to be that the origin of all civilisation is one, and its source Egypt.

and

"

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is

his

their life

Again when the ordinary (heories Students of the origin

of totemism do not mit Mfr. Perry sources of civilisation know that he says. "Men may identify them- the mass of modern authorities, aclves with animals, or even with while accepting the unity of the plants but when it is claimed human-stock, hold that they were that they identify distributed over the habitable world and personality with material prior to the discovery of the objects, it

time to ery fundamentals of civilisation; and a halt." This he emphasises on that these elements of civilisation more than one occasion. It seems Tose discretely as similarity of to come rather inconsistently from condition called them forth, much a person who quotes with approval as in the animal Kingdom an for his purpose the following: organ such as a wing may originate The Malay miner in quite different phila and genera "that the tin itself is aliva and has and yet have a close similarity in many of the properties of living appearance and function. In a matter, that of its own volition it samewhat similar way, given can move from place to place, that certain requirements and certain it can reproduce itself, and that it fundamental data, as pliable wood his special like--or perhaps and bast, two sets of people might affinition for certain people and arrive at something of the nature things and vice-versa.' of a bow and arrows: in other cases they might arrive at a boat or oven

a cromlect or (pare Mr. Perry) the

device of irrigation.

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Mr. Perry's views on magic, too, seem to require a straining of the facts and theories already known *TE peculiarly shaped stones," he be summarised as followsAn Torres. Straits and Melanesia, why In outline Mr. Perry'stheory may asks, "inspired the people of the examination of the civilisation did they not inspire those in of North America, Oceania, Australia? But they did. What Indonesia, &c., leads to the con- clusion that there was an archaic about the churniga? The term is to rounded, otal or civilisation in these places charac applied.... terised by agriculture by irrigation, elongate flattened stones" (Spencer megalithic remains, polished stone and Gillen (N.T.C.A. p. 128). implements, working of metals, a

Then again what can be moro dual state of society, matrilineal unsatisfactory than his explanation descent, totemism, pottery-mak of the magical properties of quartz. ing, exogamy and a sun cult. It is a sort of substituto surrogate Among the peopies where this civil- for gold-but worse than a baby's isation-complex appeared many comforter. The people seek 'n fishi of the tribes were more or less but they got a stone. The whole uninfluenced by this set of ideas. passage must be quoted, for though Harston, W. L. Pattenden, the In some cases only the merest Mr. Perry has many index refer-very Rev. Father Robert, Hon. venter of these ideas remalos: ences to quartz this passage is not Mr. A. O. Lang, and Mr. J. M. in many cases the people who | referred to. "The importance Alves retire, but being eligible, survive amid cases do not attached to quartz the whole way offer themselves for re-election. understand them and attribute from India tó Amerien, by tribes

them to 'gods'. or giants coming from afar. In most cases the successors of this civilisation seem to be a complete falling off from the original authors.

the

On Mr. Perry's therry all this complex of ideas originated in Egypt and came to fruition about VI Dynasty. Through the desire of these people for Life- Rivers, gold, pearls, etc., this complex of thought and structure was spread over the world..

The path of civilisation is

who do not work gold, can be explained on the hypothesis that the

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people of the chic civilisation discovered that they could make sought for gold, and look upon it as more durable and attractive models giver of life, and that the peoples of cowries and other shells by using who followed have continued to use the plastic yellow raetal which was quartz in their magical practice. It lying about in these deserts unused is the rule to find tant quartz is the and unappreciated. most important giver of life, which first gave the metal gold an arbitrary harmonises with the claim that the value which it did not possess search for gold as the main cause before. For the peculiar life-giving of the distribution of the archaic attributes of the shells modelled in civilisation."...

the yellow metal came to be trans- Could anything be more unsatisferred to the gold itself. No doubt practically traceable on the map factory? Whole groups of people the lightness and especially the by following the gold-mining and attribute magical and religious pro beauty of such gold models appealed pearl-bearing areas, just as un omithologist might 'trace perties to quartz. And why? Bo to the early Egyptians, and were in the former continental bridges by cause other peoples who visited large measure responsible for the following the migratory path than five hundred or a thousand hold gold acquired over mankind."

birds. Thus we read years before attached life-giving prô- E-G-Y-P-T in more or less perties to gold! We have beard of defaced letters from the cowrie inisors who had passed from the shell on a Tonga Islander, the worship of wealth itself to the wor terraced taro field of Colorado, ship of the mots that typified it the dual state of Society in Borneo, But this is about equivalent to the the dolmen of Ireland, and the worship of the ostrich by an English exogamy of the Arunta.

millionaire because be made his money in de Beer's mines.

of

out

This passage is a quotation by Mr. Perry from Prof. Elliot Smith. We do not think it very convincing. We cannot see why Prof. Smith should refer to the lightness of gold. A model of a cowrie, abell in gold would be at least seven times as hoovy as the cowrie shell itself.

In fairness to Mr. Perry the

There are whole vistas of dis reader is bound to traverse the And what about the life-giving cussion opened by this book." We author's whole argument, and to propertice of gold itself? The open on a remark like the following: follow in detail the elaborate array search for gold was the main cause It is significant that human of facts and anthorities which are of the distribution of the archaic sacrifice tends to die out among woven into the fabric of this civiliton"!! Then listen to the peoples of lower culture-and are theory-between 500 and 600 pages origin of the desin for gold, brought face to face with the whole of closely printed inatter.

With the introduction of the fundamentale of civilisation and the The present writer is uncon-practice of wearing shells on girdles idea of progress. vinced. To state the opposite and necklaces and as hair orna- Then, China and its early civilisa view would require a volume as mants the time arrived when people tion are noticeably omitted. Why long as Mr Perry's Partial living some distance from the sea is this? European students who replies to much that Mr. Perry has experienced difficulty in obtaining have made a partial study of Chinese said may be found in most of the these amulets in quantities sufficient civilisation will be greatly dis volumes dealing with early civilisa to meet their demanda. Hence they appointed by this catéplete omission tion published in the last thirty resorted to the manufacture of of one of the greatest divilisations in years. Some criticism of a few of imitations of these shells in clay and the world. Mr. Ferry's viewa, however, scams stone. But at an early period in here are of course numerous called for.net

their history the inhabitants of the First of all, we may say bluntly deserte between the Nile and the questions which crop up. Why, for that. Mr. Perry's conclusion is Red Sea (Hathor's special province) the Bun in their enger search for instance, should thess Children of Annatural. Here it is-Man has never so far as can be told, occupied

life givers drop the great life a new country because, he was press-

giver, barley, pampletely when they ed for loud. This supposition is

get to America and turn to mize whinly how to resemblanco to B | duseless, and the sooner it is abandon- [ed the better for science. Utulics trine Considering that Anmodern

But they and other questions lead Wo Jenta enoh, zpades. times go have known thousands of {geticas who fave moved across "the "globe-in "ECCOUNT "Of" "food";

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