UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



IX. We fhould be liable to be equally tedious, 1 

 were we to attempt to inform fuck as may un- 

 dertake what is called a literary journey, of all: 

 the obje&s that ought to attraft their curio- 

 fity : of the moft celebrated among the literati, 

 whofe acquaintance they fhould endeavour to 

 acquire : of the publk and private libraries they 

 Ihould vifit, as well as the cabinets of natural 

 hiftory, antiquities, medals, coins, paintings and 

 other curiofities : the monuments of every kind 

 they fhould examine : the obfervations they 

 Ihould make relative to the character, the genius, 

 humanity, and politnefs of each nation : on tht 

 different forms of government : on the ft ate of 

 letters in each country, its univerfities-, colleges, 

 academies, and an infinity of like matters ; as 

 rare manufcripts, remarkable infcriptions, &c. 

 Some learned men have given inftru&ions in 

 form relative to thefe matters, and among 

 others M. Kohler, a celebrated profeflbr at Got- 

 tingen, to whom the world is indebted for many 

 other valuable works. 



X. We fhall finifh this chapter with one re- 

 mark. Credulity is the fource of moft errors, 

 as doubt is the beginning of wifdom. It is 

 therefore allowable to entertain a rational pyr- 

 rhonifm concerning the relations of moft travel- 

 lers, and it is of the laft importance to make a 

 judicious choice of fuch as we propofe to read: 

 for the firft accounts of any country, or people, 



make 



