164 7%eWisDouof GOD Parti. 

 and Manufaftures, their Houfes and Buildings, 

 their Exercifes and Sports, &c. In Phyfiology^ 

 or Natural Hiftory, by fearching out their Na- 

 tural Rarities, the Produdlions both of Land 

 and Water; what Species of Animals, Plants, 

 and Minerals, of Fruits and Drugs are to be 

 found here, what Commodities for Bartering 

 and PermutatioUj whereby thou mayeft be ena- 

 bled to make large Additions to Natural Hiftory, 

 to advance thofe other Sciences, and to benefit 

 and enrich thy Country by Increafe of its Trade 

 and Merchandize. I have given thee Timber 

 and Iron to build the Hulls of Ships, tall Trees 

 for Mafts, Flax and Hemp for Sails, Cables, 

 and Cordage, for Rigging. I have armed thee 

 with Courage and Hardinefs to attempt the Seas, 

 and traverfe the fpacious Plains of that liquid 

 Element. I have affifted thee with a Compafs, 

 to direft thy Courfe when thou {halt be out of all 

 Ken of Land, and have nothing in View but Sky 

 and Water. Go thither for the Purpofes before-- 

 mentioned, and bring Home what may be ufe- 

 ful and beneficial to thy Country in general, or 

 thy felf in particular. 



I perfuade my felf, that the bountiful and 

 gracious Author of Man's Being and Faculties, 

 and all Things elfe, delights in the Beauty of 

 his Creation, and is well pleafed with the In- 

 duftry of Man, in adorning the Earth with beau- 

 tiful Cities and Caftles ; with pleafant Villages 

 and Country-Houfes ; with regular Gardens and 

 Orchards, and Plantations of all Sorts of Shrubs, 

 I and 



