200 He Wisdom of GOD Fart IL 



Longsevity of the Natives ; as for Inftance, the 

 lEtkiopes^ called by the Ancients MaxpJ/Swi ; but 

 efpecially in the Brafilians in America^ the ordi- 

 nary Term of whofe Life is a Hundred Years, 

 as is fet down by P//^, a Learned Phyfician of 

 Holland^ who travelled thither on purpofe to 

 augment Natural Knowledge, but efpecially 

 what related to Phyfick. And reafonable it is 

 that this fhould be fo ; for neither doth the Sun 

 lie long upon them, their Day being but Twelve 

 Hours, and their Night as long, to cool and re- 

 frefli them: And befides, they have frequent 

 Showers, and conftant Breezes, or fre(h Gales 

 of Wind from the Eafl, It was the Opinion of 

 AfdepiadeSy as Plutarch reports, that generally 

 the Inhabitants of Cold Countries are longer 

 liv'd than thofe of Hot, becaufe the Cold keeps in 

 the Natural Heat, as it were locking up the 

 Pores to prevent its Evaporation; whereas in 

 Hot Regions the Heat is eafily diffipated, the 

 Pores being large and open to give it way. Which , 

 Opinion, becaufe I find fome Learned Men ft ill 

 to adhere to, I (hall produce fome further In- 

 ftances out of Monfieur Rocbeforfs Hiftory of 

 the Antilles Illands, to confirm the contrary, 

 and to (hew how often and eafily we may be 

 deceived, if we trufi: to our own Ratiocina- 

 tions, how plaufible foever, and confult not Ex- 

 perience. 



The ordinary Life (faith he) of our Caribbemis 

 is an Hundred and Fifty Years long, and fome- 

 times more. There were fome among them 

 not long fince living, who remembred to have 



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