318 Remarkable Change of Colour ina Negro. 
has been more sensible of variations in the tempera~ 
ture of the air; and has had blisters and freckles in 
every part of his body, which was exposed to the 
sun by holes in his clothes. 
I put many questions t» him concerning his 
dict and mode of life, the state of his health, the 
diseases to which he had been subject, and the re- 
medies employed for their removal ; but nothing 
could be extracted from his replies, which had the 
least tendency to solve this curious phenomenon. 
November 22d, Henry Moss visited me again. I 
examined his face, hands, breast, legs, and thighs. 
The black parts are considerably diminished since 
I saw him last. Hence I entertain no doubt that the 
change is gradually proceeding; and, should he live 
another summer or two, that it will be complete. 
MIERS FISHER, 
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