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ftill, till, at laft, tliey have gone to the uttermoft ends of the earth, 

 and pofTefied countries far 



Extra anni folifque vias, 



fuch as Lapland and Greenland, Labrador, Patagonia, and Terra 

 del Fuego, where the inhabitants of happier climates wonder that 

 Man can live, and where the Antients did not believe that he li- 

 ved. 



As to the drink of the Natural Man, it could be no other than 

 water ; nor can I believe that he defired any other, more than his 

 fellow animals, who, we know, will drink nothing but water, un- 

 lefs when they are taught to do otherwife by us, not without a good 

 deal of trouble. 



There are, however, fome fo ignorant of Nature, as to believe 

 that w^e have by Nature an inclination for wine, and even fpirits. 

 They fupport their opinion by obferving, that our children feem to 

 be fond, not only of wine, but of fpirits. What the inclinations of the 

 children of men, in the habit of drinking thofe liquors, may be, I will 

 not take upon me to afhrm. It is not improbable that fuch inclinations 

 as well as bodily qualities, and difpofitions of the mind, may go to 

 the race ; but this I will take upon me to aver, that no Savages,* who 

 themfelves, or their fathers, have never drunk ftrong liquors, will 

 have any inclination for them. 



The men of New Zealand would not tafte our wine or fpirits • 



and I think it was a cruel adion of one of our officers, to enucv a 



boy of theirs to get drunk with fwcet wine*. I know a gen.ie- 



VoL. III. N nian 



* Foiler's Voya^ge. 



