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under any exertion. Hence, although the 

 figure of an Indian be fquare, full, and robuft, 

 ftili it does not convey precifely that idea of 

 ftrength which attaches to the rough and muf- 

 cular frames of the North ; and yet is their 

 form even more tinlike that of the negroes. 



It has happened to me to have frequent 

 opportunities of feeing parties of Indians, and 

 of Africans ftanding naked together, and I 

 have always remarked a ftriking difference in 

 their figure, The negroes have longer necks, 

 and a finer fall of the moulder. Their cheft 

 is not fo full and open, The limbs are not 

 fo (lout, but thinner, and longer in propor- 

 tion to the body.- — The form of the Indians 

 appears clofe and compact, while that of the 

 negroes is more loofe and flender, and more 

 indicative of the heat and languor of climate. 

 The projecting curvature of the tibia, fo com- 

 mon to the Africans, does not prevail among 

 the Indians, The difference of countenance 

 is fiiil more remarkable than the difference of 

 form ; but, as the negro face is familiar to you, 

 I need not enter into a more minute detail of 

 the difcordant features. 



