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cle, which is feparated, appears nighly of the fame 
Colour on the Outfide, as before fucii Separation 
from the Body ; but, on the inner Side, is almoft as 
white as the fame Part in white People. This Cu- 
ticle is almoft always, in Bliftering with Cantha- 
rides, divided into two Lamella ; efpecially on the 
Thighs, where it is as thick almoft as both the Skin 
and Scarf-skin of white People : The Surfaces, by 
which thefe two Parts or Lamella of the Epidermis 
cohere, are partly white, and partly black 5 for you 
may fee many black Fibres pervading the inner 
Lamella , and perforating the upper one, which ap- 
pear like fo many black Spots on thefe two Sur- 
faces, when feparated from one another $ but thefe 
black Spots do not appear on the inner Surface of 
this inner Lamettas thefe Fibres being, as it were, 
contra&ed within the two Lamella-, upon the exter- 
nal Surface of this inner one. The inner Suiface of 
the outer Lamella of the Epidermis , or at leaft of 
the outermoft of the two into which it is divided by 
Cantharides , appears to be a whitifh Membrane, like 
the other Membranes of the human Body j except the 
foremention’d black Spots, which appear on this like- 
wife, and the Colour it receives from its external 
black Surface, which appears, in fome meafure, thro’ 
the inner Surface, and makes the Whitenefs on it 
appear very fuperficial. This outer Lamella is thicker 
and tougher, and not fo pellucid, as in Whites. 
By (craping thefe Lamella of the Cuticle of 
Negroes, they may be made more white, and thete 
black Spots feraped off, by which the under Lamella 
will become as white as any Membrane almoft of 
white People ; and fcveral white Stria may be 
feraped 
