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Indians of Chili, of the Andes of Peru, of the 

 burning coasts of Panama, and those of Louisi- 

 ana, situate under the northern temperate zone. 

 He had the good fortune to live at a period, 

 when theories were less numerous ; and, like 

 me, he was struck at seeing the native, under 

 the line, as much bronzed, as brown, in the 

 cold climate of the Cordilleras, as in the plains. 

 Where differences of colour are observed, they 

 depend on the race. We shall soon find on 

 the burning banks of the Oroonoko Indians 

 with a whitish skin ; Est durans originis vis. 



days the differences of colour and figure among neighbouring 

 nations, as Tacitus, in the life of Agricola. He makes a 

 just distinction between the influence of climate, and heredi- 

 tary dispositions; and, like a philosopher persuaded of our 

 profound ignorance of the origin of things, leaves the ques- 

 tion undecided. Habitus corporum varii atque ex eo argufnenta. 

 Sen durante originis vi, sen procurrentibus in diversa terris, positio 

 eccli corporibus habitum dedit. Agricola, Cap. II. 



