...natives are very brown, or of an olive colour, well made, and extremely active. In surveying the various appearances which the human form assumes in the different...the earth, the most striking circumstance is that of colour ; which has been a* tributed to various causes : but in my opinion, and experience warrants...

...have little hair, even upon their eyebrows, yet upon their head, their hair is long and very black. In surveying the different appearances which the human...the earth, the most striking circumstance is that of colour. This circumstance has been attributed to various causes; but experience justifies us in affirming,...

...have little hair, even upon their eyebrows, yet upon their head their hair is long and very black. In surveying the different appearances which the human...this the principal cause is the heat of the climate. When this heat is excessive, as at Senegal and in Guinea, the inhabitants are entirely black ; when...

...have little hair, even upon their eyebrows, yet upon their head, their hair is long and very black. In surveying the different appearances which the human...different regions of the earth, the most striking circumstances is that of colour. This circumstance has been attributed to various causes ; but experience...

...Classen, Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures, London, Routledge, 1993. 21 "In surveying the different appearances which the...the most striking circumstance is that of color." GLL Buffon, Natural History of Man, the Globe, and of Quadrupeds, New York, Leavitt and Allen, 1857,...

...Classen, Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Sensrs in History and Aeross Cuhurrs, London, Routledge, 1993. 21 "In surveying the different appearances which the human form assumes in the dit"terent region«, of the earth, the most striking elreumstance is that of color." GLL Buflibn, Natural...