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Accefs. I have furnifhed thee with all Materials 

 for Building, as Stone, and Timber, and Slate, 

 and Linne, and Clay, and Earth, whereof to 

 make Bricks and Tiles 5 deck and befpangle 

 the Country with Houfes and Villages conve- 

 nient for thy Habitation, provided with Out- 

 houfes and Stables for the harbouring and fhel- 

 ter of thy Cattle, with Barns and Granaries for 

 the Reception, and Cuftody, and ftoring up thy 

 * Corn and Fruits. I have made thee a fociablc 

 Creature, Zci'oi' 7ro^m?tci/, for the Improvement 

 of thy Underftanding by Conference, and Com- 

 munication of Obfervations and Experiments; 

 for mutual Help, and Afliftance, and Defence ; 

 build thee large Towns and Cities with ftreight 

 and well-pav'd Streets, and elegant Rows of 

 Houfes, adorn'd with magnificent Temples for 

 my Honour and Worship, with beautiful Pala- 

 ces for thy Princes and Grandees, with jftately 

 Halls for publick Meetings of the Citizens and 

 their feveral Companies, and the Seffions of the 

 Court of Judicature ; befides publick Portico's 

 and Aqu^dufts. I have implanted in thy Na- 

 ture a Defire of feeing ftrange and foreign, and 

 finding out unknown Countries, for the Im- 

 provement, and Advance of thy Knowledge in 

 Geography^ by obferving the Bays, and Creeks, 

 and Havens, and Promontories, the Out-lets of 

 Rivers, the Situation of the Maritime Towns 

 and Cities, the Longitude and Latitude, ^c. 

 of'thofe Places: In Politicks^ by noting their 

 Government, their Manners, Laws, and Cu- 

 ftoms, their Diet and Medicines, their Trades 



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