IX. TO MUSWELL-RILL. ' 13*7 



honor of Bake], for having discovered the 

 secret of salting and casking herrings. 



If the art of cultivating wheat, of reducing 

 it to flour, and afterwards forming it into 



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bread, may be regarded as a wonderful dis- 

 covery, how much more surprising is it that 

 the American savages should be able to pro- 

 duce a wholesome and nutritious paste from 

 the root of the manico, the juice of which 

 is a most deadly poison ; a practice which is 

 no\v adapted by all the European colonies. 



Neither ought the simplicity of the utensils 

 employed by savage tribes to impress us 

 with a disadvantageous idea of their industry. 

 It is true, these in general are only formed 

 of wood and calabashes, though some of 

 the American Indians fabricate carthern pots, 

 and hollow out stones in the form of vases; 

 and it is well known, that the Chinese, the 

 Japanese, &.c. have long surpassed Euro- 

 peans in the art of manufacturing porce- 

 lain. 



One of the causes which particularly 



y 5 induces 



