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Rh I have now another question to bring forward more or less akin to the one we have just had under consideration. It is this: if, through any cause or causes whatever, large numbers of one race are introduced into a region already occupied by large numbers of a totally different race, and the environment, climatic conditions and food is favorable to the support and increase of both peoples, those races are certain to fraternize, react upon each other in various ways, and finally interbreed. It matters not a whit whether one of these races is highly developed in every way, and the other a savage, and superstitious and ignorant one, they will still continue to cross and produce hybrids. In many thousands of instances, out of any number, it will be the males of the dominant race who will couple with the females of the lower race, while it will prove the marked exception that the reverse of this will be the case. The males of the lower race may occasionally seduce a female of the higher race, or they may succeed, in rare instances, in raping them, but all such cases will not amount even to a few in several thousands, where the males of the advanced race will easily succeed in seducing the females of the lower or savage stock. The reason for this is not far to seek, for the females of the higher types are, as a rule, most refined, more sensitive, far less passionate, and the mere suggestion of receiving the carnal approaches of a barbarian or a cannibal would be repugnant in the highest degree to them. No such sentiments control the males of the dominant race or the advanced and cultured race, however, with respect to seeking the females of the savage people. The pressure or demand to satisfy the