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CHAP. II. 



In the Natural State Man tncreafes in numbei^s. — nis the caCe of all 

 Animals in that State.-^But the multiplication of Man fill greater 

 in the frjl ages of Civility. — Two Reafons of this;— ift, The 

 warmth of Clothes^ Hotfes, and Fire,-- Cattle^ that run oit Summer 

 and Winter^ lefs prolific than tho/'e that are Houfed. — Why the Orang 

 Outang docs not increaje much accounted for, — 2(\^ The ivant of 

 Vice and Difeafe in the frf ages of Civility^ and of the unhealthy 

 occupations -which it iwoents and introduces. — Frequent Migrations 

 (f Nations in Antient times ^ the confequence of the great incrcafe of 

 Men in the frf ages of Civility. — Account off me of thcfe Adigra- 

 tions—from Egypt— from Greece to Italy-^from Rome—rfrom Gaul 

 into Italy ^ Greece, and Afia Minor. — Of the Migration of the 

 Cimbers and Teutons into Italy, — and of the Goths, Vandals, tffc, 

 into the Roman Empire, — All thefe Migrations occafoned by itant 



of fubfftance at home. — Colonies fent out for the fame reafon. ■ 



The only exception to this, the cafe of the Hdvetii as dcfcribed bv 

 Julius C^/ar: — Their condudl accounted for. — The multi'^Iication 

 of Men, a grievance in the frf ages of Civility. — Cure for this 

 grievance in Crete — praSli/ed alfo at Thebes. — Though more numer- 

 ous in the frf ages of Civility than in the Natural State, Men 

 were not then Bigger and Stronger. — The cafe of Giants, fuch as 

 the Sons of Anak, a peculiarity of a few Fatnilies, who had lived 

 longer in the Natural State. — Men, in the frf ages of Civility, 

 Stronger, Bigger, and Longer Lived than thofe of latter times. — 

 This accounts for the Superior Size of Men in the Heroic age of 

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