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dition of man, it is net tie energetic or the transient out- 
it r lfrathei e t^r i0n3 ’'TTf h S‘J e egression to the features, 
it is rather that sensibility of the soul, which brings us 
mt0 contact with the external world, multiplies 
our suflermgs and our pleasures, and re-acts at once on the 
ptysmgnomy, the manners, and the language. If the varietv 
andmobdityof the features embellish the domain of S 
mated nature we must admit also, that both increase bv 
cmiization, without being solely produced by it. In tlio 
great family of nations, no other race unites these advau- 
tages in so high a degree, as the Caucasian or European 
it is only m white men that the instantaneous penetra- 
t.on of the dermoidal system by the blood can produce 
that slight change of the colour of the skin which adds si. 
powerful an expression to the emotions of the soul “ Hr™ 
can those bo trusted who know not how to blush?” says 
the European, m his dislike of the Negro and the Indian 
V e f ust also admit, that immobility of features is notpecu- 
har to every race of men of dark complexion: it is much 
1 T u Ua ?u ed m ‘ n 14,1 ® than in the natives of America. 
- X? 1 L ‘ avmas > llk . e a]1 sava gc' people who dwell in exces- 
siv ely hot regions, have an insuperable aversion to clothing 
The writers of the middle ages inform us, that in the north 
±Sr P V r ^ C e8 , cf clothing distributed by missionaries, 
greatly contributed to the conversion of the pagan. In the 
torrid zone, on the contrary, the natives are ashamed (as 
they say) to be clothed ; and flee to the woods, when they 
are compelled to cover themselves. Among the Chaymas 
m spite of the remonstrances of the monks, men and women 
remain unclothed within their houses. When they go into 
the villages they put ou a kind of tunic of cotton, which 
scarcely reaches to the knees. The men’s tunics have 
sleeves; but women, and young boys to the age of ten or 
twelve, have the amis, shoulders, and upper part of the 
breast uncovered. The tunic is so shaped, that the fore- 
part is joined to the hack by two narrow hands, which cross 
the shoulders. When we met the natives, out of the boun- 
•lanes of the Mission, we saw them, especially in rainy 
weather, stripped of their clothes, and holding their shuts 
rolled up under their arms. They preferred letting the 
-am fall on their bodies to wetting their clothes. The elder 
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