There are some very fine men upon this Island whose skins were milder whiter than any Europeans, but of a dead colour like that of the nose of [a] white horse.   their Eyes, eyebrows, hair and beards are also white.   their bodies were cover'd more or less with a kind of white down, their skins are spotted some parts being much whiter than others, they are short sighted _^ ^{with their eyes often full of rheum} and always look'd unwholesome and have neither the spirit or the activity of the other natives,  I did not see above three or four upon the whole Island and these were old men so that I concluded that this difference of Colour &C^a was accidental and did not run in families for if it did they must have been more numerous — The inhabitants of this Island are troubled with a sort of Leprosie or scab all over their bodies   I have seen men women and children, but not many, who have had this distemper to that degree as not to be able to be able to walk    this distemper I believe runs in familys because I have seen both mother and child have it —

Both sexes paint their bodys Tattow as it is called in their language     this is done by inlaying the Colour of black under their skins in such a manner as to be indelible; some have ill design'd figures

Voyaging Accounts