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pupils, can we more properly resume the 

 consideration of the stupendous and wonder- 

 ful effects of the industry and ingenuity of 

 man ? 



We were contemplating the contrivance 

 displayed by man in every stage of society, 

 in the invention of various sorts of clothing 

 to shield himself from the inclemency of the 

 weather ; and an equal degree of ingenuity 

 is likewise shewn by different nations, in the 

 modes by which they 'procure their subsist- 

 ence. 



Even in the most steril climates, man, 

 . from his industry and superiority of his 

 intellectual powers, has discovered a certain 

 resource against want, by hunting and fish- 

 ing. It is true, that the Ostiacks, the Sa- 

 moiedes, and the Greenlanders, eat their fish, 

 for the most part raw, though among many 

 nations which we term savage, the art of 

 cookery has attained to a considerable degree 

 of perfection. The Indians of the north- 

 west coast of America, -when visited by 



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