History of Jamaica, essay and work, Sintesi del corso di Letteratura Inglese

Scarica History of Jamaica, essay and work e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Letteratura Inglese solo su Docsity! A Phra Behn, Oroonoto, 1688 to the rest ofthe Negr sly seen; far from th Edward Long, Historvof Jamaica, 1774 The particulars wherein they differ most essentially form the Whites are, first, in respect to their bodies, viz. the dark membryane which communicates that black colour to their skins, which does not alter by transportation into other climates, and which they never lose, except by such diseases, or casualties, as destroy the texture of it, for example, the leprosy, and accidents of burning and scalding. Secondly. A covering of wool, like the bestial fleece, insted of hair. Thirdly. The roundness of their eyes, the figure of their ears, tumid nostrils, flat noses, invariable thick lips, and general large size of the female nipples, as if adapted by nature to the peculiar conformation of their children's mouths. Fourthly. The black colour of the lice which infest their bodies...It is known that there is a very great variety of these insects; and some say, that almost all animals have their peculiar sort. Fifthy. Their bestial or fetid smell, which they all have in a greater or less degree; the Congo’s Arada’s, Quaqua’s, and Angola’, particularly the latter, who are likewise the most stupid of the Negroe race, are the most offensive.