432 AN ACCOUNT OF, &c. 



bodies clothed, yet, in both, the trunk, arms, 

 and lower extremities, were considerably darker 

 than the face, and in one, were somewhat darker 

 than the hands. But admitting this observa- 

 tion to be of no force, still it must be granted, 

 in consequence of what has been said upon the 

 state of part of West's skin, that great heat is 

 not indispensably necessary to render the human 

 colour black ; which is the second conclusion to 

 be drawn from the account which has been given 

 of her. 



On considering the difference of colour be- 

 tween Europeans and Africans, a view has oc- 

 curred to me of this subject, which has not been 

 given by any author, whose works have fallen 

 into my hands. I shall, therefore, venture to 

 mention it here, though at the hazard of its 

 being thought rather fanciful than just. 



There is no circumstance, perhaps, in which 

 these two races differ so much, as in their capa- 

 city to bear, with impunity, the action of the 

 causes of many diseases. The fatality to Eu- 

 ropeans of the climate of the middle parts of 

 Africa, which are, however, inhabited by ne- 

 groes without injury to their health, is well 

 known. Let it then be supposed, that any 

 number of Europeans were to be sent to that 



