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own : the feat of blacknefs is faid to be the reticular^ mem- 

 brane, between the fkuis; and this tuit probably arifes from fome 

 fecretion thrown more plentifully on that part by the heat of 

 the country, and coloured by heat, by exhalations from mi- 

 nerals and vegetables, and by vapours of various kinds, 

 not omitting the dry and fultry winds of Africa. 



We conclude thefe intradAKSuar^y remarks, by obferving the 

 wifdom evident in difpofing each nation of men to think 

 highly of their own country, notwithftanding the inconve- 

 iiiencies apparent to ftrangers. The African enjqys his heat, 

 the Laplander his cold, the Aiiatic his indolence, the European 

 his acSlivity. Each find a fomething peculiarly agreeable in 

 his native climate, and is condemned by his own mouth if 

 ungrateful to the univerfal Benefactor: nor is it lefs proper that 

 each fhould admire his national complexion, fhould depidt 

 beauty as charming black, and feel the fhafts of love ihot 

 from delightful jet ; or engage rofes and lilies in feeble 

 comparifon with the obje£t of admiration, and defcribe 

 her complexion as whiter than fnow. Were it otherwife, and 

 that our native land difpleafed us, we fhould feek foreign 

 fliores, and encounter thoufands of ufelefs perils, and un- 

 profitable difficulties : we fhould mingle, without benefit, 

 the tawny with the fair, the light with the dulky, the white 

 with the black, which though it may be done, and thereby 

 proves the common nature and common origin of mankind, 

 yet feems to promife little happinefs and comfort, little 

 pleafure and folace, little domeflic fatisfadion, and perfonal 

 enjoyment : without which, what is climate, complexion, 

 manners, or even life itfelf ! 



