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jaw fo me what wide : from all which you will 

 perceive, that the face is rather broad than 

 round, although the contour approaches more 

 to the circular than the long or oval. We 

 did not obferve among them any refemblance 

 of the flat nofe, the wide mouth, thick lips, 

 or large teeth of the negroes. 



Their necks are thick, and in general 

 not fufficiently long to be graceful. The cheft 

 is high and full ; the moulders fquare, going 

 off at nearly right angles from the neck. The 

 limbs are flefhy and robuft. Upon the whole, 

 they may be faid to be of the figure generally 

 denominated fqu arc-made, and consequently 

 their form denotes more of ftrength, than of 

 graceful nefs or agility. Still there is a differ- 

 ence between their figure and that of the 

 ftrong- marked mufcular fubjeds of colder 

 and more mountainous regions. Among the 

 Indians of Guiana, the rough lines denot- 

 ing ftrength are concealed in confequence of 

 the interftices between the mufcles being fo 

 filled with fat as to give a general fmoothnefs 

 to the furface ; and from the fame - caufe, the 

 fine adion of the different mufcles becomes 

 lefs obvious, when they are in motion, or 



