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traveller bears witnefs of a rcniarkable dif- 

 ference, and I hope the Reader will pardon 

 the comparifon if I affirm the fame of man 

 himfelf. 



That we are all, of every nation and lan- 

 guage, the fons of Adam, we have the tef- 

 t«mony of God, which to honell: Hunters 

 (who are generally of the orthodox party) 

 is of fufficient authority. As to Doubters 

 and Sceptics, I refer them to the ancient 

 Poets, Hiflorians, and Geographers, who 

 will foon fupply them with innumerable 

 arguments and obfervations which unan- 

 fwerably demonflrate thg novelty of the 

 world, the migration of colonies, the gra- 

 dual peopling of the earth, and the pro- 

 pagating and fpreading of the human fpecies 

 from one and the fame original ; and yet 

 what an incredible and monftrous variety 

 is rifen among us, in humour and con- 

 ftitution, as well as fhape and colour ? 

 Who could imagine the thick-lipped Ethio- 

 pian, wool-pated Negroe, the blink-eyed 

 Chinefe, the ftately Spaniard, and the dap- 

 per Frenchman, tq be of the fame pa- 

 rentage ? Or, tQ go no farther thp.n our own 



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