the South-Sea. 



It is not fo with the Air of Brajil and the French Iflands : 

 The Creolians, tho* born without any Mixture of Blood, 

 lofe there that ruddy Whitenefs of the Europeans^ and 

 take a Sort of Lead -Colour, Here no other Altera- 

 tion is perceiv'd, but that which is occafion'd by the Mix- 

 ture of the feveral Kinds, very common in the Spanijh Co- 

 lonies, much in but more particularly in Peru ; whcre r 

 among 30 Faces, fcarce two can Jbe found of the fame Co- 

 lour ; fome come from Black to White, as the Mulatto's;. 

 others fall from White to Black, as the Zambos, Sons of 

 . Mulatto* s^ and Blacks : Some come from the Indian Colour 

 to White, as the Mestizo's; and others fall from the Meftizo- 

 to the Indian ; and then each qf thefe Mixtures caufes o~ 

 thers ad infinitum. 



From what has been faid, it feems lawful to be- 

 lieve 5 that, among the Children of our common Parent^ 

 God has formed three Sorts of Colours in the Flefli of 

 Men 5 the one white, another black, and a third of a red- 

 difti Colour, which has fomething of the one and of the 

 other. 



The Scripture does not perhaps mention this laft Kind ; 

 , but there is no Doubt but that it fpeaks of the Second, in 

 the Perfon of Chus, Noah's Grandfon, fignifying Black,, 

 whence the Abyffins and the Inhabitants of Chufiftan^ or 

 Churiflan^ are derived, becaufe of the Refemblance of the 

 Name. This Opinion appears to me more probable., 

 than to afcribe the Colour of the Indians to fome peculiar 

 Difeafes, as fome Phyficians have fancy'd. 



Be that as it will, the Indians of Chili are. well fliaped : shape 

 They have large Limbs i their Stomach and Face broad, 

 without any Beard, not agreeable ; their Hair as coarfe as 

 a Horfe's, lmooth or lank, wherein they alfo differ from 

 the Blacks and from the Mulatto's; for the Blacks have no 

 Beard or Hair, but a very fliort foft Wool, and the Mu- 

 latto's have always fliort Hair, and much curl'd. As for 

 the Colour of the Hair, that of the Indians is generally 



black, 



