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a penis. In cold climates, instances of this kind do not occur ; 
and, even in hot countries, they are now rarely met with to 
such an extent. The accounts that have been given, we must 
suppose, are much exaggerated; for it is scarcely to be be- 
lieved, that any enlargement which the clitoris is liable to, can 
give it a sufficient likeness to a penis, to be productive of any 
mistake. 
The most remarkable instance of this kind, that has come to 
my knowledge, was a Negress, who was purchased by General 
Melville, in the island of Dominica in the West Indies, about 
the year 1774. She was of the Mandingo nation, twenty-four 
years of age; her breasts were very flat; she had a rough 
voice, and masculine countenance. The clitoris was two inches 
long, and in thickness resembled a common sized thumb; 
when viewed at some distance, the end appeared round, and 
of a red colour, but, upon a closer examination, was found to be 
more pointed than that of a penis, not flat below, and having 
neither prepuce nor perforation ; when handled, it became half 
erected, and was, in that state, fully three inches long, and 
much larger than before : when she voided her urine, she was 
obliged to lift it up, as it completely covered the orifice of the 
urethra. The other parts of the female organs were found to 
be in a natural state. 
Dr. Clark, who has favoured me with this account, from his 
own examination, mentions, that among the Negro women of 
the Mandingo and Ibbo nations, a large clitoris is very com- 
mon ; and, in several instances which came under his observa- 
tion, in the course of his practice in midwifery, in the island of 
Dominica, the clitoris was an inch long, and thick in propor- 
tion ; but attended with no other preternatural appearance. 
