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mechanical works, and which serves liim at the 

 same time as a weapon), builds himself his liouse of 

 bamboo and prickly calamus, and provides it with 

 all the necessary utensils and vessels. The soil 

 affords him meat and drink, stuff for clothiup-, 

 tobacco, the areca-nut, and betel for his enjoyment. 

 A fighting-cock makes him happy. Nature is here 

 so bountiful ; man so contented ! He requires so 

 little for his sustenance and joys, and yet this little 

 he can not always procure ! 



