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objpfl which we behold, appears to be of fome particular color. In ani- 

 mals thefe colors arc exlremelv various, different, and beautiful ; and 

 fometimes they appear to be variable. Man, like other animals, is diftiii- 

 guifhed both by a peculiarity, and by a variety of color. In Europe, he 

 appears while : In Africa, he is black : In America, his color is red : la 

 Afia, a variety of colors are to be found upon the human countenance. 

 There are other fhades and tin£l;ures to be found in each quarter of the 

 globe, befides thofe mentioned above : But thofe that have been mentioned 

 are the moft general and prevalent colors, under which man appears, in 

 the four general divifions of the globe. 



Variety of Colors. — The tfloft diftinguilhing, permanent, and' 

 general colors of the human fpecies, and which are at the greateft extremes" 

 from each other, are black and white. Between thefe, or rather as differ- 

 ent degrees and variations of them, are all the other colors of the humaa 

 countenance: And they may be reduced to fwarthy, red, copper, and 

 brown. Black is the color of the Africans under the equator ; of the in- 

 habitants of New Guinea, and New Holland. A fwarthy color includes' 

 the Moors in the northern parts of Africa, and the Hottentots in the fouth- 

 ern parts of it. Red diftinauilhes the Indians of North America, The 

 fame, or perhaps more accurately a copper color denotes the complexion of 

 the Indians of Afia. Brown comprehends the Tartars, Perfians, Arabs, 

 Africans on the coaft of the Mediterranean, and the Chinese. The inhabi- 

 tants of the iflands in the Pacific Ocean, are alfo chiefly of this color. 

 Under this color is comprehended all thofe different fhades, which are de- 

 noted by olive, chefnut, and deep yellow. A lefs dark color, or brownijk, 

 will beft exprefs the complexion of the inhabitants in the fouthern partsof 

 Europe ; the Sicilians, AbyfTinians, Spaniards, Turks, and alfo the 

 Samoicdes, and Laplanders. White is the color of moft of the European 

 nations ; as Swedes. Ruffians, Danes, Englilb, Germans, Poles, &c. Ka- 

 bardinfki, and Georgians. It is obfervable that all thefe colors are inclu- 

 ded between the two extremes ; or rather they are different degrees or 

 variations of black and white. 



Change op Color. — A change of <iolor is always produced by the 

 marriage or mixture of perfons of different complexions. Thus the off- 

 fpring of the European and the negro, is of a yellow complexion ; lefsr 

 white than the European, and lefs black than the negro ; or rather of a 

 dark cream color. This race are numerous in fome parts of Atrierica, and 

 are called Mulattoes. The offspring of an European and an Indian is alfo 

 of a cream color ; and more light than the mulatto. Thefe are called a- ^ 

 mong the Spaniards Mejligos. The eff.°ft and operation of this change of 

 the original colors, in the climate of America, is always in favor of the 

 fairer complexion ; and never approaches towards, or ends in the darker 

 color. This change and alteration of color, when it is left to its natural 

 tendency and effeft, is extremely flow and moderate in its operation; 

 and it is not until after many years, that the full effeft is produced. In 

 theSpanifh fettlements, this mixed race has f6 multiplied as to form a 

 confiderable part of the inhabitants : And the feveral ftages of variation in 

 this race, with the gradual alteration of fhade until it ends in the European 

 complexion, have been well afcertained, and are now perfectly well under- 

 flood. Thofe of the firft generation arc confidered and treated as negroes 

 •r Indians, In the third generation the Indian color difappears. It is 

 not until the fifth defcent that the deeper black of the negro is loft. At 

 Jlie end of thefe different periods, the offspring can no longer be diftin- 

 ^uifhed from the European ; but is cocfidcred as fuch, and entitled to aS 



