It is the opinion of many nien, that the 
blacknefs o£ the Negroes proceeded from 
the curfe upon Cham's pdfterity, others a- 
gain will have it to be the property of the 
climate where they live> I pafe by othei 
Philofophicll reafons and skill, only render 
you my experimental knowledge; havrng 
a Barbarie-moor nndtt cutc^ whofe fingcf 
( prickt with the bone of a fiflr^^ wss Im^ 
poflumated, after I had lanc'dit and let out 
the Corruption the skin began to irife with 
proud fltfli under it > this T v^e away , 
and having made a found bottom I incar- 
nated it , and then laid on my skinning 
plaifter, then I perceived that the Moor had 
one skin more than Englijhmen h the skin 
that is baftcd to the flefli is bloudy and of 
the fame Azure colour with the veins, but 
deeper than the colour of our Europeans 
veins. Over this is an other skin of a tawny 
colour, and upon that Epidermis or Cutmi- 
la^ the flower of the skin ( which is that 
Snakes cafli ) and this is tawny Slfo, the .co- 
lour of the blew skin mingling with the 
tawny malces them appear black. I do not 
peremptorily affirm this to be the caufcj 
but fubmit io better judgment. More rari- 
ties, of this nature I could make knovrn 
unto you, but I ha{kri tb ati end irboly a 
word of two of our En^ijh GreaturfS^ and 
then to Sfa:'a^:ain. . ' I 
