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pears to me unnatural : But in the pre- 

 fent difpofition of things, after having 

 previoufly confidered the feveral clafle$ 

 of inferior productions, their application 

 to the wants of humanity, and the fer- 

 vices which the Human Species derive 

 from them, will naturally appear in thd 

 Hiftory of Mankind. 



The Inhabitants of Guiana (I mean 

 thofe of the Human Species) are either 

 Whites, Blacks, or the Reddifh-brqwu 

 aboriginal Natives of America, The 

 promifcuous intercourfe of thefe differ- 

 ent people, has likewife generated fe- 

 veral intermediate cafts, whofe colours 

 immutably depend on their degree of 

 confanguinity to either Whites, Indians* 

 or Negroes. Thefe are divided into 

 Mulattoes, Tercerones, S>uarterQnes> and 

 QuinteroneS) with feveral intermediate 

 fubdivifions, proceeding from their retro- 

 grade intercourfe : all which fufficiently 



demon- 



