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feparates him from the generality of man- 
kind. His cheek bones are exceedingly pro- 
minent ; fo that his face being very broad in 
that part, and the jaw bones on the contrary 
extremely narrow, his yifage continues ftill 
decreafing even to the point of the chin. 
This configuration gives him an air of lank- 
nefs, which makes his head appear very much 
difproportioned, and too fmall for his full and 
plump body, His flat nofe rifes fcarcely 
half an inch at its greateft elevation; and his 
iioftrils, which are exceffively wide, often ex- 
ceed in height the ridge of his nofe. His 
inouth is large, and furnifhed with fmall teeth, 
well enamelled and perfedly white : his eyes, 
yery beautiful and open, incline a little to- 
wards the nofe, like thofe of the Chinefe : 
and to the fight and touch his hair has the 
refemblance of wool; it is very fliort, curls 
naturally, and in colour is as black as ebony. 
He has very little hair, yet he employs no 
fmall care to pull out by the roots part of 
w^hat he has ; but the natural thinnefs of his 
eyebrows faves him from this trouble in that 
part. Though he has no beard but upon the 
upper lip, below the nofe, and at the extre- 
mity of the chin, he never fails to pluck it 
