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defpifc the ridiculous vanity of thofe literary geniufea, who fancy that 

 fheir extenfivc erudition places them in a fuperior ortier of beings; when 

 it is evident, ihat their aoderftaDding is frequenrly clouded with prejudi- 

 ces, and their will, a Have to the dominion cf the paffiona ; a flavery 

 'vvhlch their v&nlty, ihe excrefcence of their learning, renders apparent to 

 ihecyes ola iniephilcfopher. '■ 



My feBtiracnis now became more enlarged. AH the diladvanta- 

 <^eou3 defcriptions of the manners and genius of ihofc we call /a- 

 Xap.es rrr^w fufpefted ; and I lamented our deficienry in relations 

 of irivxiling pi.ilofophers, capabk of inveftigating the fecret receffes 

 of the human heart, and cf contemplating nature in her uncultivated 

 oifspring in a j^jdicious and itDpartial manner. I am perfuaded fuch 

 remarks would throw new light on our inquiries into the theo- 

 ry of the intelJee.ual faculty, and furnilli the triends of human na- 

 turewiih mareriais for gratitude to ;he wifdom and good ne fa of the 

 Creator in the order and difpofijion of his creatures.— We (hould find that 

 chofe nations, whom ws brand as favage, might, with much propriety, 

 letort the appelhtion on their polite gueds, who feek forcibly to difpof- 

 fcfstheraof wealth and liberty I N )r (houU we have any remaining 

 dcubtj whether thofe among them a«ed wifely, who after participating in 

 she rrsnners and fciences of the Europeans, feize the firft opportanuy of 

 leturning to the firnple and rational li-fe of their countrymen. 



The pleafore ari{^.ng from the fi^dy of hufoandry is now confirmed 

 in m&*, Snce it is btcome a part of n>y duty to examine the nature of 

 foils. The appointment of firft phyfician to the republic of Zurich^ 

 «^aking it incumbent on n>e ro watch over the health of her ci- 

 :izen<>, I ara oblig-d to pay peculiar attention to the different modes 

 of living of the different racks of pc^opK%-The confideration of a re- 

 ;,redy for epidemical dfftempers among cattle, alfo being flrongly re- 

 commenced to my care, fome kuowleogc of agriculture feemed a recei- 

 f:irv preliminary to fuch an office; as it fllmoft always happens that the 

 origin of thefe epidemici.1 diOempers fpiings from the meadow and paflure 

 3anci?. n^ rules-\ (inferted in our v^.t^toui) for prevention of epiiemtcGi 



d'ijeafis 



* Dr, Hirz^lfrc-1 his ninth to hh Jlxteenth year reftdei in the Abbey 

 ofCapel; of 'which his father m^os bit en a ant for the Kif^g of Prufta. 

 Here he ^vent through a complete coufe of hufoandry and caimcrjed ^ifh 

 farmers; thus acquiring a lo'v: for agriculture, 'with opportunities of o.. 

 fer'vi/jg mankind in ajfate of fettrement* L. 



+ The go-vernmcvt of Znrich, defrous to gite thefe rules the force b/ Unii, 

 fuhlijhed ihem hy authority throughout their ^ canton.—Ths magijiracy cf 

 ilofil for Baflej ea^nh foilcfwed the eyavjpie. .^ • 1 



''•Jhe memi>irs referred 'tOy are thofe of the Philohphical Society of luricb ; 

 tfrwhirh the author had been fecrctary. It has been chfr^ed tn the /rr- 

 face, that the liural Socmtes %va: rea^ kefart th Sodety, and is a part fr. 

 iiz memoir:, F. 



