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R E M A IV 



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K S 



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THE 



CAUvSES diffe 



OF VARI 

 ETIES. 



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from the inhab 



of 



cafions the inhabitants of O-Tahe 



North of Europe ? What oc- 

 I to be fo much diilinguifhed 



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fr 



Mallicolefe ? We have hinted before, that thefe two va- 



rieties of 



tb 



iQ 



South- S 



are defcended from two diflind' 



races. This is not deciiive, and only leads us further into the fame 

 difcuffions, and requires us to fliev/ what caufes have produced thefe: 

 two diftin(fl races or varieties of men ? 



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 4- 



The queilion cannot be difcufTed unlefs v/e coniider the fubjed 

 under various heads. The diiferences are either obferved in the or- 



ganic part of man, or they refped: his mental and moral faculties : 

 of the laft v/e fhall treat at large in fubfequent fed:ions ; at prefent 

 w^e intend to- confine ourfelves to the corporeal varieties, confifting 



in, ifl', colour; 2d, fize; 3d, form and habit; and 4th, peculiar de- 

 fensor excelTes, or modifications in certain parts of the human body- 

 Firjly The Colour of the human body depends nO doubt upon 

 thefe three great caufes ; ift, expofure to the air ; 2d, the. influence 

 of the fun ; and 3d, fome particular circumftances in the mode of 

 living. From the heft enquiries" fet on foot by anatomifls, it ap- 



pears, that all the difference of colour lies in the human Jkin, and. 

 efpecially in the outer integument called the cuticle, which again is_ 

 confidered by them under the two denominations of Epidermis and. 

 Malfights reticular membrane. In white people, the Epidermis is a 



ver 



y 



thin, pellucid, indurated lamella, tranfmittino- the colour of 



th 



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