I79I- LIFE OF Sir JAMES STEUART. 49 



Written at Coltnefs, in the month of Oftober 1780, 

 and now tranfmitted, while in the hands of furgeons at 

 Edinburgh, the 17th of November. 



, If for the manes of the juft any place be found ', if 

 as wife men hold> great fpirits perilh not with the body, 

 pleafing be his repofe. Let us adorn his memory with 

 deathlefs praifes, and, as far as our infirmities will al- 

 low, by purfuing and adopting his excellencies. This 

 is true honour ; this the natural duty incumbent on his 

 affectionate relation. 



ALBANICUS. 



j^/i Accoiitit c/Samar, one of the Philippine, or Bijfayan 

 Ifles, from the Travels of Monf. Pages, lately ptib- 

 lifhed. 



The adventures of Robinfon Crufoe have been mucii 

 read, and univerfally admired, on account of the intereft- 

 ing pi£ture they exhibit of a man ftruggling agalnft the 

 difficulties that fohtude occafion, and furmounting 

 them by perfeverance, ingenuity, and induftry. All na- 

 tions, in the fnft ftage:; of civilization, exhibit a fpeflacle 

 fomewhat of the fame nature, and are particularly in- 

 terefling, efpecially where gentlenefs and kindnefs 

 form the prevailing trait in the character of the peo- 

 ple. On this account the difcovery of the Pelew iflands 

 forms one of the moil enchanting parts of the hiltory 

 of mankind. Thofe who are accuitomed to look upon 

 all nations as barbarians who are flrangers to the many 

 inventions that European ingenuity hath difcovcved, 

 will perliaps be inclined to look down witli contempt 

 on the mild inhabitants of the iilands here dcfcribed ; 

 but others, who obferve with what ingenuity tliey fup- 

 ply their wants, and with what fimple implements they 

 perform the various operations they lind ncceflary for 

 their accommodation, \iill be willing to allow, tliat ip. 



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