The well-known Mr. George, son to the French governor of St. Domingo,
realised all the accomplishments attributed by Boyle and others,
particularly the adventurer, to the admirable Crichton of the Scotch. He
was so superior at the sword, that there was an edict of the parliament
of Paris to make his engagement in any duel actual death. He was the
first dancer in the world. He played upon seven different instruments of
music beyond the most artists. He spoke twenty-six languages, and could
maintain public theses in each. He walked round the various circles of
human science like the master of each: and strange to be mentioned to
whitemen, he was a Mulatto, and the son of an African mother.
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