ie ö $lenfd)engefd)iedjt$, unb bet? feinet ©ew^hmtng
an frembe^ümate/ a u f etwas me§t / a ls a u f J£>i|e unb
^ d ite , ju merfen ba&t, ium a l, wenn man bon einem
anbern ^ d m ifp p r rebei, unb micl) bünf t , bet gelehrte
9>rofeffor 3 i m m e r m a n n a) habe ©runb au sju tu fen s
S tiles, w a s w ir tn bet S ch ö p fu n g fennen/ id n g t burdj
üluancen jufammen./ vom -¡öfenfehen biö i«m unter*
fle n S life n i
Xsemungeachtet | a t © ö l D f m i f i ) ©tunb |U bef
Raupten, bajj in bem ^enfchengefdjleehte non allen Xhte*
ten
a) ©. 5. am angefiibrten £H‘te. Uebereinftimmettbe’Sbceit
ft'nbc id) and)' in Hiftory of Jamaica or General Survey
of the antient and modern ftate o f that Island &c.
London 1774* Vol. II. P.~ lit. p. 4S5-
if we allow the fyitem o f created beings to be perfe6t
and-confident and that their perfection arifesffrom an
exaft fcale of gradation, from the loweft to the
higheft, combining and connefting, every pa& in*
to a regular and beautiful harmony , reafoning them
from the vifible plan and operation of infinite Wis,dom
in refpeft to the human race , as well as every other
feries in the fcale we maft Ithink , conclude, that
„ the general order , iince the whole began
if Is kept in nature > and is kept in man.
,, Order is heavens firft law this confeit
}) Some ave and mult be greater than the reft.??
ten bie geringften SSerfchiebenheiten borPommen* iDie
$$erdnbernngen tn ben niebrigen 9ty:en bon ©efd)6pfett
finb fo g ro jj, b a f fie oft bas Original? (natürliche) Xhter
berflecf en , feine $orm berbrehen, unb berunfialten.
2iber bepm $ftenfd)en nimmt man bie «Oanptuntetfchet*
bungojeic^en eher bon ber $arbe feiner djmnt, alö bon ber
ftbdnberung feiner © e jla lt, unb in allen jtlim a t e n bt*
h a lt er feinen au frech ten © a n g , unD Die ö ttfg e se ic j*
nete 0 n p e r io r it4t feiner g o tm *
Ütur burch bie fetnflen (Bchattirungen unb unmerpi
ftchften © rabattonen fieigt b ie ;Diatur bon ber fd>6nflett
Europäerin jum h d p ch jlen Gaffern a).
35ep meinem liufent^aite ju $effetv(£affei beobachtete
id) biele bort lebenbeffteger unb jergiieberte m it 531«fe tne§i
te re männliche unb auch einen weiblichen Slegerfbrper*
Qftoch ben lebten X a g erlaubte mir mein unbetgefjlid)er
©onner, J&r»feibarjt Q5ulDingec.>- beffen Xftenfifertigfeit
fo biele © e ie r te juborfommettb Unterfinget / einen ÜJIo^
ten ju unterfuchen* Sttachbenfen über btefen ©egenftanb
Degleiteten mich a u f ber Dteife nach bem SDIufenjtlje in
19ia i» i / ber ben SEBiffenfchaften in X>eutfci)lanb neue
Unter*
ft) Tis by the fmeft Shades, and moft ittfenfible grada*
tions that nature defcends from the faireftface about
St. James’s to the footieft complexion, in Africa ***
S tem ? .