EXCURSIONS ROUND LOND(T, 



afford them a precarious shelter ; their indus- 

 try could never become productive. Th-;? 

 wants of the moment would constant! y 

 occupy their thoughts; and the necessity U 

 defending themselves, would prevent them 

 from suspecting that they might rule owr 

 the universe, and render all the product! 

 of nature subservient to the melioration 

 their condition. 



It is very doubtful, \yhether a family s* 

 situated could resist the innumerable priva- 

 tions and dangers to which they would be everv 

 moment exposed; but even granting th;* 

 to be possible, what would be the fate^uf 

 the women, the children, and old men ? Th-; 

 last in particular would become a burden, 

 because they could no longer contribute t 

 the general defence, and because their feeble - 

 ness and infirmities would be incompatible 

 with the safety of the whole family. Inca- 

 pable of following their youthful relation* 

 jn the indispensable excursions which they 

 undertake in" search of food, the aged men;. 



