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even for Africans, as they are said to have killed 

 their "owne children in the birth, to avoide the 

 trouble of breeding them," and to have " preserved 

 their Nation with stolen brats from their neigh- 

 bouring Countries." 



This being, in Speed's words, "as farre as we 

 may travaile by Land," as we do not propose to 

 ' ' loose out into the bordring Seas " with him, we 

 must bid him farewell, only observing in conclusion 

 that, notwithstanding his great show of knowledge, 

 his information appears to have been of the very 

 scantiest description. 



