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* 1.1THE Air influences Colours so much on black Taffety, that in Brasil, after it
hath been worn a few days, it becomes of an Ironish Colour; but if it be kept from the Air, the Colour fades not.
In a Particular Region in Brazil, 50 Leagues beyond Parigna, White People turn Tawny; but a little beyond that, they recover their Co∣lour again.
Upon Charlton Island, there is a sort of Birds call'd Partridges, which are white in the Winter, and gray in the Summer.
Of the Ef∣fects of Air on Colours.