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of colour ; and first, as to the exact situation of 
the peculiarity- “ It-xainine, says he, “ the skin ot 
this Negro. You see that the true skin is perfectly 
white; that over it is jilaced another membrane, 
called the reticular tissue, and that this is the mem- 
brane that is black ; and finally, that it is covered by 
a third membrane, the scarf-skin, which has been 
compared to a fine varnish, lightly extended over 
t!ie coloured membrane, and designed to protect it. 
Examine also this piece of skin, belongitig to a very 
fair person ; you perceive over the tTU€ white skw 
n membrane of a slightly brownish tint, and over 
that, again, but quite distinct from it, a transparent 
membrane. In other words, it clearly appears, that 
the whites, tmd the copper-coloured, have a coloured 
membrane, which is placed under tlie scarf-skin, and 
immediately above the true skin, just as it is in the 
Negro.” 
“ The infants of Negroes are born white, or ra- 
ther reddish, like those of other people, but in two or 
three days, the colour begins to change ; they speedi- 
ly become copper-coloured ; and, by the seventh or 
eighth day, though never exposed to the sun, they 
appear quite black. ’ 
It is known that Negroes, in some rare instances, 
are born quite white, or are true albinoes. Some- 
times, after being black for many years, they become 
piebald, or wholly white, witliout their general health 
suffering under the change. Camper, in this lec- 
ture, mentions another and yet more singular meta- 
