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animals, with whom he hath hitherto lived “joint 
tenant of the (hade.” 
Perhaps thefe neceftities, however, would not 
always be fufficient to overcome that love of 
eafe, whitft is fo natural to a ftate, wherein men 
feem only a fmall degree elevated above the 
rank of brutes. Perhaps, if other inducements 
were not fupperadded, he would not be ftudious 
to plan, bold to refolve, and adtive to engage 
in thofe dangers and enterprizes, without which, 
he mull frequently be deprived of this fpecies 
of food, and obliged to fubftitute others, more 
eafily gained, but lefs adapted to the health and 
vigour of the animal ceconomy. Without in¬ 
filling too much on thefe prefumptive reafons, 
it is certainly a kind provifion in the conftitution 
of man, that thofe exertions, which are dictated 
by neceffity, fhould alfo be infpired by inclina¬ 
tion ; and that, whilft his employment is made 
fubfervient to the means of his exiltence, it 
fhould alfo become a principal inftrument of his 
pleafures. 
Thefe remarks, however, principally apply to 
the rude and favage ftate of man, which, happily 
for fociety, is now almoft unknown. There is 
no longer a neceffity for an individual to be 
fiimfelf the executioner of the animal deftined 
to his fubfiftence; yet, as hunting, (hooting, 
angling, &c. are dill purfued, with as much 
avidity as formerly, it is necefiary, if we propofe 
to 
