170 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



" and obliging, as far as could be judged 

 " from her behaviour. With regard to 

 " breafls, I faw no appearance of them ex- 

 ** cept the nipples ; but this fmgle obferva- 

 tion is not at all fufficient to eftablifii a 

 ** variation from the common laws of na* 

 ** ture. 



** A little before our departure from Ma- 

 " dagafcar, a defire of recovering her li- 

 " berty, as much as a dread of being car- 



ried away from her native country, in- 

 ** duced this little flave to make her efcape 



into the woods. 



" Every thing confidered, I am inclined 

 " firmly to believe in this new variety of 

 " the human fpecies, who have their cha- 

 " radieriftic marks as well as their peculiar 

 ** manners, and who inhabit mountains 

 ** from fixteen to eighteen hundred fathoms 

 high above the level of the fea* 

 " Diminution of ftature, in rcfpe^t to 



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