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XVII. Topographical Notes: 1112.
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XVII. Topographical Notes: 1112.

XVII. Topographical Notes: 1112.

1112.

p. 270

On the natives of hot countries.Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them; and therefore they are of the colour of night, that is black. And in cold countries it is just the contrary.

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Footnotes
  1. 270:616

    : The sketch here inserted is in MS. H3 55b.

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