Note 246-2 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
On the aborigines of America, see Lettres édifiantes, VII, 317 ff. Cook, Third Voyage, III, ch. 2. La Pérouse, Voyage, ch. 9. Robertson, Hist. of America B., IV. Raynal, Histoire des Indes L., XV. On the African negroes: M. Park, ch. 1. They are said to manifest the symptoms of old age at 40, and very seldom to live to be over 55 or 60 years of age.