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country, as it would be to meet with an in- 

 dividual existing alone from his birth, with* 

 but the aid of others, in the midst of irn- 

 mense forests The latter of these phenome* 

 lia has, it appears, really occurred ; but if 

 the history of all these pretended savages, 

 of which Linnseus makes mention, were 

 more accurately examined, I am of opinion, 

 it would be found, that much of their cele- 

 brity depends on that love of the marvellous, 

 so inherent in the mind of man. 



Let us for a moment represent to ourselves 

 a wandering family in the midst of a desert 

 hind, and only grant them the industry pos- 

 sessed by the most uncivilised tribes. What 

 would be the life of this family'? A prey to 

 daily wants and to Constant alarms, they 

 would only be occupied with disputing for 

 an uncertain supply of food, with numerous 

 and ferocious animals. Always exposed to 

 their attacks, and unable to defend them- 

 selves; compelled to seek refuge in the 

 caverns and mountains, which would only 



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