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ronfiderable changes in that ifland. Some Grand-Mafters of th<^ 

 Order of Saint John^ to whom the ifland belongs, have there en- 

 gaged in projets of pubhc utihty ; among others, they have con- 

 veyed the vyater of a rivulet into the very harbour. Many other 

 undertakings are ftill behind, undoubtedly, which fo'ncern the 

 happinefs of the Human R^ce. 



(7) As far as the TJIer of Enofis. Thefe are at this time called 

 the Hands of Saint Peter and of St. Antiochus. They are very 

 fmall ; but th€y have great fifliery for thunnies^ and they manu- 

 fadure great quantities of fait. 



(8) Badily exerdfe is the alimeni of health. Certain Philofo- 

 phers have carried matters much farther. They have pretended 

 that bodily exercife was the aliment of the foul. Exercife of 

 body is good only for the prefervation of health ; the foul has 

 it's own apart. Nothing is more cominon, than to fee men of 

 delicate health pofleffed oi exalted virtue, and robuft perfons 

 very defeâive there. Virtue is no more the refuit of phy- 

 fical qualities, than ftrength of body is the eiFeél of moral 

 qualities. All temperaments ai-e equally pre-difpofcd to vice 

 and to virtue. 



(g) It alnvrys bears the name of Hsva. Thçre is, rn fa^, at 

 the mouth of the Seine, on it's left fide bank, a mountain formed; 

 of layers of black and white ftones, which is called the Heve. 

 ït ferves as a land-mark for mariners, and there is a flag erected, 

 upon it, for giving hgnals to fhips at Sea* 



(10) / perceit'cil by the 'whiteuefs of it's foam a mount cnn of 

 ivatcr. This mountain of water is produced by the tides, which 

 force their way, from the Sea, up the Seine, and make it to flow 

 backward againft it's courfe. It is heard coming from a very 

 great diftance, efpecially in the night-time. They call it the 

 Bar, becaufe it obflru£ls the whole courfe pf the Sjeine. This 



Bar 



