28 Mr. Worcester on Longevity. 
climate, than a native one.”’ It is doubtless true that a large pro- 
portion of those who have attained to extreme old age in this 
country, have been of foreign birth. Change of climate is 
esteemed favourable to long life; and many Englishmen, as well 
as other Europeans, by coming to America, have undoubtedly 
lived to a greater age than they would have done, had they re- 
mained in their native land. But the supposition that Europeans 
are longer lived than Americans, has been adopted by many on 
slender evidence. 
Instances frequently occur of persons living to a great age in the 
Southern States, and a considerable part of the examples in~ 
the table, are from that portion of the Union. Such persons, in 
most cases, were natives of the States further to the north, or of 
Europe, or were people of colour. Dr. Ramsay, in his ‘* History 
of South Carolina,’’ observes: “‘ Some emigrants from Germany, 
France, Ireland, Scotland, England, and the Northern States, 
have survived their 100th year, and a few their 110th. A few 
natives of the low country survive to from 80 to 89 years, beyond 
which no native but one, as far as can be recollected, has been 
known to live, who made the low country his or her residence.” 
‘¢ Satisfactory evidence can be produced that at least one negro, 
born in Carolina, has approached to the age of 120.” 
The instance of the greatest age attained in America, in sup- 
port of which authorities deserving much regard can be adduced, 
is perhaps that of Louisa Trexo, a negress, of Tucuman, in South 
America, living, in October, 1780, at the age of 175. Humboldt 
mentions a Peruvian Indian, who died at Lima while he was there, 
at the age of 147 years, having been married 90 years to the same 
woman, who had lived to the age of 117. Till he had attained 
the age of 130, this venerable personage was able to walk three 
or four leagues every day. 
