Account of Henry Moss, ^c. 15 



even occasions a disagreeable sensation through holes, 

 &c., in his clothes. He supports cold as well as ever. 



Secondly. He assures me, that at present he cannot 

 wear the same kind of linen which he was formerly ac- 

 customed to wear. Before he began to lose his native 

 colour, he wore a coarse brown linen ; but of late he has 

 been under the necessity of laying it aside, by reason of 

 the pain or uneasiness which it excites on the skin. He, 

 at present, wears cottons, and finer linens. 



Thirdly. The delicacy or tenderness of his skin ap- 

 pears from another circumstance. He says, the slight- 

 est scratch, as with a pin, occasions it to fester. He 

 observes this to be the case much more now than for- 

 merly. 



He says, he certainly sweats much more since, than 

 previously to, his change. 



Although I do not think it at all certain, or even pro- 

 bable, that the peculiar odour of the perspiration of the 

 blacks, whether born in Africa or in this country, is 

 necessarily connected with the colouring matter of the 

 mucous body of these people, I was nevertheless desir- 

 ous of ascertaining whether the perspiration of Moss is 

 endued with this odour. I think it does not appear to 

 have much, if any, of it. I am the more particular in 

 mentioning this circumstance, because the Abbe Dic- 

 quemare, one of the best philosophical naturalists of his 

 country, expressly says, that the young white negress, 

 whom he described, a few years since, had not the 



