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of finding himfelf clothing. If his fkin acquires, 

 in time, fufficient hardnefs to refill the attacks of 

 the elements, it is not till after cruel experiments, 

 which fometimes flay him from top to toe. He 

 knows nothing naturally, as other animals do. If 

 he wants to crofs a river, he rauft firft learn to 

 fwim ; nay, he muft, in his infancy, be taught to 

 walk and to fpeak *. There is no country fo 

 happily fuuated, in which he is not obliged to pre- 

 pare his food with considerable care and trouble. 

 The banana and the bread-fruit tree give him be- 

 tween the Tropics, provisions all the year round ; 

 but then he rauft plant thofe trees, he muft en- 

 clofe them within thorny fences, to preferve them 

 from the beafts i he muft dry part of the fruits a 

 for a fupply during the hurricane feafon ; and muft 

 build repositories in which to lay them up. Be- 

 fides, thofe ufeful vegetables are referved for cer- 

 tain privileged iflands alone ; for over the reft of 

 the Earth, the culture cf alimentary grains and 

 roots requires a great multitude of arts and prepa- 

 rations. Suppofe him to have collected around 

 him every bleffing his heart can defire, the love 

 and the pleafure which flow from abundance, ava- 

 rice, thieves, the incurfions of the enemy, difturb 

 his enjoyment. He muft have Laws, Judges, 



* The very name of infant is derived from the Latin word 

 itifansj that is to fay, one who cannot fpeak. 



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