_Third._--From the fauna and flora we now turn to man.

_Language._--The Basque language stands alone amongst Europeantongues, having affinity with none of them. According to Farrar,"there never has been any doubt that this isolated language,preserving its identity in a western corner of Europe, between twomighty kingdoms, resembles in its structure the aboriginal languagesof the vast opposite continent (America) and those alone" (_Familiesof Speech_, p. 132).