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REMARKS 



O N 



THE 



CAUSES as is commonlv obferved in negro- women, and as we likewife no- 





OF VARI- 

 ETIES. 



ticed them in all the Weftern iilands, in New-Zeeland, and feme 



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of the females of the lower fort at the Society-Iiles. This has been 



•iM. 



lately afcribed to the manner of fuckling the children ; * but I am 



of opinion that it cannot be folely owing to this ; for the women of 

 the Arees never have them fo pendulous and long. I fhould ra- 



afcribe it to the g 



of the body in the women 



of 



■ 



lower clafs, who are more expofed to the air and fa 



thofe of the Aree trib 



In the fame manner 



g 



as well as thofe in the Weftern Illes of Mallicollo, Tanna, and 



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New- Caledonia, are for the greater part more expofed to the air 



F 



and fun, being confbantly naked above the waiil. The gentle 

 Confi:ri6tion of the upper part of the body, by the fmer forts of 

 cloth in which the O-Taheitean women of quality gracefully 

 wrap themfelves, contributes likewife to keep the breaflis high, 

 and to prevent their flaccidity and pendulous ftate. I favv^ fome 



very 

 Jaxed 



old fat 



and enlarged. 



but 



the Society- Ifles, whofe breafts were re - 



long and pendulous, 



no means 



/ 



which, however, was a very common circumflance in all the 



r 



women of the Weilern-Ifles, who had borne and fuckled 



children* 



The 



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^ ^lumenbacli de Generis Hupjani Vanetatc Natlva, p. 73, 



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