be greater than thofe of keeping a guard over 

 them while employed in making of high 

 roads, canals, or working in mines. 



So great, indeed, is the rage of coloniza- 

 tion, with which this country for a century 

 pad has been infe&ed, that one would be 

 tempted to think, there was not a foot of 

 our own land that was not improved ; the 

 contrary of which is notorioufly known, as 

 fhall afterwards be particularly taken notice 

 of. 



Previous to this, however, we fhall a little 

 more fully confider the ftate of the different 

 nations who have applied themfelves to com- 

 merce, and whofe grandeur we fhall always 

 find to have been more fpecious than folid. 



Among all the nations of antiquity, we 

 lhall fcarce find one whofe rage for coloniza- 

 tion equalled our own, Athens only except- 

 ed. The territory of Attica was barren, the 

 peopki reftlefs, idle, and fickle ; and prone to 

 war, rapine, or any thing rather than the 

 improvement of their country. 



So great was their averfion to this, 

 that Pififtratus was reproached as a tyrant, 

 becaufe he obliged them to apply to agricul- 

 ture, and re {Trained the mob, by whom eve- 



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