Accoimt of Henry Moss, ^c. 9 



I am now to observe, that the parts which have lost 

 their original dark hue have not the white colour, the 

 color lacteus, or rather cream- colour, of the greater num- 

 ber of the Albinos of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Ame- 

 rica, of whom De Saussure, Blumenbach, Castillon, Wa- 

 fer, and several other writers, have published accounts. 

 All the changed parts of the skin, that were examined 

 by myself and others, have nearly the sanguine- white 

 colour of the European and Anglo-American white. 

 Indeed, it is a very delicate sanguine-white colour. In 

 this respect, the case of Moss is peculiarly interesting, 

 and differs from most others. But it is not a solitary 

 case. The same sanguine- white colour was as striking 

 in the mulatto James, whom I have already mentioned. 

 Mr. Peale, in his account of this man, says, *' It is a 

 skin of a clear, wholesome white, fair, and what would 

 be called a better skin, than any of a number of white 

 people who were present, at different times, when I saw 

 him." 



The celebrated Dr. Pallas has likewise mentioned a 

 case which, in this respect, is similar to the two that 

 I have mentioned. As the work in which this account 

 is given is but little known, in this country, I shall 

 transcribe the learned Doctor's words. " Animalium- 

 que varietiites albas * * * * indolis semper debilioris et 

 habitus laxioris sunt, quod in Nigritarum prole lactea, 

 cujus exemplum quondam Londini vidi, prajsertim li- 

 quet. Hujus elcgantissimai Leucathiqpissie miror 



nullibi in publicis scriptis factam fuisse mentionem, 

 Exhibebatur publice Londini sub finem anni 1761., sex- 

 decim tunc circiter anno3 nata, et a Patre atqvie Matre 



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