4 o8 OF TEMPERAMENTS- SECT XXXL 



of the Chriftian world, as opium of the Maho- 

 roetan. 



Evoe ! parce, Liber * 

 Farce, gravi metucnde thyrfo i Hot. 



SECT, xxxt 



OF TEMPERAMENTS. 



I, The temperament of decreafed irritability known Ij 

 weak pu/fe, large pupils of the eye, cold extremities* 

 Are generally fuppofed to be too irritable. Bear pain 

 better than labour. Natives of North-America con- 

 trajied with tbofe upon the coift of Africa. Narrow 

 and broad Jhouldeied people. Irritable conjlitutions 

 bear labour better than p tin. II. 'Temperament of 

 increafedfenfibility. Liable to intoxication^ to inflam- 

 nation, hamoptoe, guttaferena, enthujlafm^ delnium, 

 reverie. Thefe constitutions are indolent to voluntary 

 exertions, and dull to irritations. 7 he natives of 

 South- America, and brute animals of this tempera- 

 ment. III. Of increased voluntarily ; thefe arefub- 

 jecJ to locked jaw, convuljions^ epilepfy^ mania. Are 

 very aflive, bear cold, hunger, fatigue. Are fuitedto 

 great exertions. This temperament dijlinguifhes man- 

 kind from other animals. IV. Of incrcaftd ajjocia- 

 tion. Thefe have great memories, are liable to quar- 

 tan agues, and Jironger fympathies of parts with 

 each other. V. Change of temperaments into on* 

 another. 



ANTIENT writers have fpoken much of tem- 

 peraments, but without fufficient precifion. By 



temperament: 



