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VARIE- 



ry"* 



riES OF 



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REMARKS 



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moil efie-fluai 



f 



means cr preventmg 



ment of their 



noble a 



the degeneracy and debafe- 

 md athletic race ; and we may conclude from 



t h e 1 



nr 



n-fy-Tt 



c, tliat .conltant mterniarrrages 



in the fame tall tribes, 



VP- 



n 



^der the great 



lis 



-^e of body more 



aior muft it be 



omitted, that as growth 



fixed, and invariably fettled; 



depends on Jhoilj climate, 



iind exercifcy in thefe nations, all thefe circiimfliances concur to 

 make them a ftrong, llout, and, tall race of m.en. The 



en ace 



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•vides them plentifully v/ith food, wdiich is both varied and falubri- 



The climate is moderate, and they have cloth made of tlie 



ous. 



beil flcins and furrs, to ferve them in any feafon. Lallly, they 



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feldom at refc, they move and .roam 



all 



menfe p 



■t; 



cf America, South of the river of Plate, to the very ilrai.ts of 

 'Magellan 3 they hunt, ride, and learn the ufe of their arms, and 



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'therefore take the moil falutary exercife, communicating to their 

 -body and its parts 



fufficient ilrength 



and confillence, withouj; 



crippling their limbs by too early, too violent, or too long con- 



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•tinned labour, or ilarving them into a puny /igure, by top cXoi?, 



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;application, drudgery, and the exhauilion of their animal and 



vital fpirits. 



Thi 



IS argument is likewife confirmed by a curious 



inilance in our Northern climate. The guards of tlie late king, 

 prederick William of Pruffia, and likewife thofe of the prefent 

 monarch, who all are of an uncommon fize, have been fcationed 



iitPi?/^;^^^;/^, for. fifty years pail. A great number of the pre 



feat 



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