Account of Henry Moss, ^e, 7 



far the greater part of it is white, or rather of a deUcate 

 sanguine- white colour. From his shoulders downwards, 

 the greatest alterations from the original dark hue have ' 

 taken place. 



His face is much less changed than the other parts of 

 his body. Parts of it, however, have assumed the heal- 

 thy sanguine-white colour. Besides these parts, there 

 are, at least, four distinct shades of colour upon his face, 

 ^he darkest of these, it has already been observed, is r^^- 

 ther darker than what we call a chesnut colour. 



He has lost the greater number of his teeth ; and those 

 which remain are not good. He has lost some of them 

 (among others, one of the best in his head), since the 

 change of colour began to take place. 



Before any part of the body cJianges to the sanguine- 

 white colour, the original ground or dark hue undergoes 

 a change, becoming gradually of a lighter brown. This 

 circumstance agrees with what James, the White Mulat- 

 to, whose portrait is to be seen in Mr. Peale's Museum, 

 says of himself, " He gave me," says Mr. Peale, 

 " the following account of the changes : a portion of 

 the black becomes of a reddish- brown colour, by de- 

 grees, and remains so about six months, when it changes 

 farther, and becomes white*," 



• Mr. Peale's short account of the person here alluded to was 

 read before the American Philosophical Society, in October, 1791, 

 and was afterwards published in the newspapers of Philadelphia, 



