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€>£ reeds ; that they acknowledged the authority 



of a chief In a progress 



diHricfi of 80 leagues at leafl, where our people found juftice ad- 

 miniilered by inferior chiefs ; and that they feemed to live in 



in greater fecurity and more comfortably than in any 



OF SA 



VAGES, 



that diflrid: h 



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The natural inferences drawn from thefe data, feem to prove,, 

 that mankind being more numerous in or near the tropics, and 



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very thinly fcattered tow^ards the cold extremities, of our globe^. 



the human 



ginally fettled, in or near the trop 



and from thence fpread towards the' extremities. Secondly, ■ the 

 inllances given here, evince likewife the truth of what we ad- 

 vanced before, viz. that the human ipecies, when unconnecfled 



with th 



^^■p^r ^p 



d nations,, is. always found more debafed 



its phyiical, mental, moral and fecial capacity, in proportion as it 

 is removed from the tropical regions. It. feems therefore probable 

 that favage nations in cold climates, contrad: a harfhnefs or rigi- 

 dity in their fibres and frame of body, which caufes iluggifhnefs 



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indolence and rtupidity of mind 3 their hearts grow infenfible to 

 the did:ates of virtue,, honor and confcience, and they become 

 incapable of any attachment,, aifeilion or endearment. 



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Let US now turn our eyes to O-TAHEITEE, the queen of tropi- 

 cal illes, and its happy inhabitants> and extend our view to all the 

 Society and the Friendly liles. Though we found population to 



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