;6o OF NATURE. 



which was formerly impafTable ; here they will 

 iind abundance of food, a never fail i up; pailure, 

 and they will continue to multiply, and to re- 

 ward us for our labours, and the protection 

 we have afforded them. To complete the 

 work, let the ox be luhje&ed to the yoke ; 

 let his ftrength and the weight of his body be 

 employed in ploughing the ground, which ac- 

 quires frefli vigour by culture. Thus will 

 Nature acquire redoubled ftrength and fplen- 

 dour from the {kill and induftry of man.' 

 How beautiful is cultivated Nature ! How 

 pompous and brilliant, when decorated by the 

 hand of man ! He himfelf is her chief ornament, 

 her noblcft production. By multiplying his 

 own fpecies, he increafes the moft precious of 

 her works. She even feems to multiply in the 

 fame proportion with him ; for, by his art, he 

 brings to light every thing which ihe concealed 

 in her bofom. What a fource of unknown 

 treafures ! Flowers, fruits, and grains matured 

 to perfection, and multiplied to infinity ; the 

 uieful fpecies of animals tranfported, propaga- 

 ted, and increafed without number ; the noxious 

 kinds diminifhed, and baniihed from the abodes 

 of men ; gold, and iron a more ufeful metal, 

 extracted from the bowels of the earth ; tor- 

 rents restrained, and rivers directed and con- 

 fined within their banks ; even the ocean itfelf 

 fubdued, inveftigated, and traverfed from the 

 one hemifphere to the other ; the earth every 



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