4* OF TEMPERAMENTS. S*CT. XXXf. *. 



the greater furprife he experiences on their being 

 diffevered by fome external violence, as explained in 

 Seel, XIX. on reverie. 



As in thefe conftitutions more than the natural 

 (jnantities of fenfitive motions are produced by the 

 irtcreafed quantity of fenfatiori exifting in the habit, 

 it follows, that the irritative motions will be per- 

 formed in fome degree with lefs energy, owing to 

 the great expenditure of fenforial' power on the fen- 

 fitive one?. Hence thofe of this temperament do 

 not attend to flight flimulatrons, as explained in 

 Sect. XIX. But when a ftimul'us is fo great as to 

 excite fenfatron, it produces greater fenfitive actions 

 of the fyftem than in others; fuch as delirium or 

 inflammation. Hence they are liable to be abfent 

 in company ; fit or He long in one pofture ; and in 

 winter have the fkin of their legs burnt into vari- 

 ous colours by the fire. Hence alfo they are fear- 

 ful of pain ; covet mufic and ileep ; and delight ia 

 poetry -and romance. 



As the motions in confequence of fenfation arc 

 more than natural, it alfo happens from the greater 

 expenditure of fenforial power on them, that the 

 voluntary motions are lefs ealily exerted. Hence the 

 fubjecis of this temperament are indolent in refpecl: 

 to all voluntary exertions, whether of mind or body. 



A race of people of this defcription feems to have 

 been found by the Spaniards in the iflands of Ame- 

 rica, where they firft landed, ten of whom are faid 

 not to have contained more food than one Spaniard, 

 nor to have been capable of more than one tenth 

 of the exertion of a Spaniard. Robertfon's Hifto- 

 fv.- In ji Hate fimrlar to this the greateft part of 

 the animal world pafs their lives, between fleep or 

 inactive reverie, except when they are excited by 



the call of hunger. 



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