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Ethiopia. This is a curious method of folving a difficul- 

 ty. But who ever called Ethiopia America ? We know, 

 on the contrary, that it was common among the authors 

 of that century, to give the name of Ethiopia to any 

 country inhabited by black men, and to call fuch men 

 Ethiopians; fo that the natural fenfe of the words of Ful- 

 gofio is, that the French evil was brought from the equi- 

 noctial countries of Africa into Lufitanian Spain, or Por- 

 tugal ; but this we dare not take upon us to maintain, 

 unlefs we had made more enquiries, and obtained 

 ftronger proofs from authors of faith and authenticity. 



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