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flips of vine, and received from them fome young 

 plants of the cheftnut-tree, which they import 

 from Sardinia, where the fruit of thefe trees 

 grows to a confiderable fize. 



During the voyage, Cephas pointed out to me 

 the variegated afpeds of the land, not one of which 

 Nature has made fimilar to another, in quality and 

 in form; in order that divers plants and animals 

 may find, in the fame climate, different tempera- 

 tures. When nothing was to be perceived but the 

 Heavens and the water, he called my attention to 

 men. ** Obferve," faid he to me, *' thefe feafaring 

 ** people, how robuft they are ! you might take 

 ** them for tritons. Bodily exercife is the aliment 

 ** of health (8). It diffipates an infinite number 

 " of difeafes and paffions, which fpring out of the 

 *' repofe of cities. The Gods have planted human 

 *' life in the fame manner as the oaks of my coun- 

 ** try. The more they are buffeted by the winds, 

 *' the more vigorous they become. The Sea," 

 continued he, " is the fchool of every virtue : 

 " there, you live in privations, and dangers of 

 *' every fort. You are there, under the neceffity 

 '' of being courageous, fober, chafte, prudent, pa- 

 *' tient, vigilant, religious." But, anfwered T, 

 ** How comes it that the greater part of the com- 

 ** panions of our voyage, poffcfs none of thefe qua- 

 *' lities ? They are, almofl all of them, intempe- 



*' rate, 



