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CAUSES tife frequent ablutions, encreaiing by 



this limple elegance the 



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,£iiracfs of their copiplexions, though they live within the tropics. 



The New Zeelanders living in the temperate zone from 34" to 47^ 

 .South latitude, are more tawny, which may be in part afcribed 

 ;to their uncleanlinefs, abhorrence of 



bathing, and fitting expofed 



to fnioak and naftincfs in their dirty cottages. 



Secondly y The ^ze of the natives of Taheitee, and all the illes 

 peopled by the fame race, certainly dillinguifhes them from the 



tribes in Mallicollo ; 



this difference is not fo general in 



theie nations, as to extend even to Tanna and New Caledonia, 

 where we found many very tall and athletic perfons. But the 



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chiefs in the Society Ifles, again diftinguilh themfelves from the 

 reil of the inhabitaiits^ by their tall ftature and corpulence. 

 According to the do(^rines of thofe who are fkilled in philofophy, 

 growth and lize depend chiefly upon climate, food, and exercife. 



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The climate is either warm or cold. Heat adds to the adtion of the 



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Jieart a ilimulus, and accelerates its puliation 3 and fince in a warm 



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the folids are more relaxed 



cold one. 



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pulfe of the blood in the arteries finds lefs refinance, and therefore 



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more powerfully expands the whole frame of the body ^ becaufe, 

 ;£very fundion of the parts and fecretion of the liquids, is promoted 



This we find conformable to experience, 

 in hot climates mankind ^rows more powerfully, and attains 



with greater vigour. 



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