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more immediate connexion v/ith his perfon, or with the family or princi- 

 fociety to which he belonged ; and hence arofe the firft ideas of 



property. Thus were gradually introduced certain 'regulations. 



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agreed upon by mutual confent, and thus were foon formed thofe 

 cuftomary laws, w^hich more or lefs take place among the nations 



that have property. The experience of feveral years foon taught 

 them to diflinguifh the foil and fsafon, moil proper for each of 



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the plants and roots ; the moil eafy and ufeful method of pre- 

 paring the foil for the reception and propagation of them, toge- 

 ther with the means of averting danger from thofe vegetables, 

 which are of fo great confequence to them : the prefervation of 

 thefe eatables, by way of ftore, again required new efforts of ge- 

 nius and feveral experiments ; and laftly, the preparation of them 

 into various diihes, in order to avoid famenefs and uniformity, 



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ilill enriched their knowledge, and increafed the ftock of their 

 ufeful ideas, and pradical operations. liles are, on account of 



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more apt to promote and to accelerate 



civilization, than large continents; for in thefe, the inhabitants 



having 



much room to roam 



ry, and to difperfe 



in cafe of a difgufl, or offence, they are prevented from entering 

 into affociations, and from maki-ng ufeful regulations relative to 

 mutual affiftance and mutual defence ; and as they meet either with 

 •a fufficiency of fpontaneous fruits, on a large trad of unoccu- 



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