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XC11 A P P E N D I X . T h e contrast between the Moorish and N e g ro characters, is as great, as that between the nature o f their respective co u n tr ie s ; o r between their form an d com plexion . T h e M o o r s appear to possess the v ic e s o f the A rab s , without their v ir tu e s ; and to av a il themselves o f an intolerant religion, to oppress strangers: whilst the Negro es , and especially the Mandingas, unable to comprehend a doctrine, that substitutes opinion or belief, fo r the social duties, are content to remain in their humble state o f ignorance. T h e hospitality shewn b y these go od people to M r . P a rk , a destitute and forlorn stranger, raises them very high in the scale o f humanity : and I kn ow o f no fitter title to con fe r on them, than that o f the H i n d o o s o f A f r i c a : at the same time, b y no means intending to degrade the M a h o m e d a n s o f I n d i a , b y a comparison with the A f r i c a n M o o r s . THE- E N D .


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