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ANIMAL raderlftlcs of tliem, which may be Teen by ccir^-J-r'nj the dcTi-. 

 KiNGco.vi^.^.^^^^ of Linnsus, (Syft. Nat. xii.) Gouan, (genera pifcium;) 



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Bru'nniche, (icthyolog maffilienf. ) Pdlas, ( fpicileg. zccl. ) and 



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:Forikal, ( Faun. ^Egypt. arab. ) feme of which are certainly f uiid 

 from, the examination of a i^^ fpecies only. 

 1 fhall now briefly mention the u s e vvhich is made of the vari- 



ous animal productions in the South Sea iilcs. The animal kingdom 



at all times futnifhed mankind with a variety of neceiTaries, 

 converiiencies, and luxuries ; the firfc flep towards the civilization 



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of fuch things as ferve to make life 



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more eafy and comfortable \ and the firfh confequence of a civilized 



articles as captivate the various 



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the introdu<ftion •f fuch 



Hence in the South Sea we find 



;lfenles, and flatter the appetites. 



the natives df the Society Ifles in the highefl: ilate of civilizationj 



they pofl^efs the comforts and even luxuries of life : the moreWefler- 



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ly nations lofe the 1 



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New-Zeelanders more favage, have even thefe in an inferior degree,^ 



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and the wretched inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, can hardly be 

 .faid to have more than the, bare neceiTaries of life, and therefore, of 

 all our brethren, approach the nearefl to brutes. Almoft every 



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fpecies of filh is eaten at the tropical ifles, and generally looked 

 upon by the inhabitants as a dainty, which they prefer to pork and 



dog's flefli. Their birds, on the contrary, arc feldom taken for 



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