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R E M A R K S o N T HE 



PRiNGi- of the king's relations, obferving that fomething extraordinary was-- 



PLES OF 

 SOCIE- 

 TIES. 



( 



going forward, were parti 



curious to know v/hat the long 



para-parouy or fpeech fignified^ I told them it was the word of the 

 (Treat king of our nation ; upon which they all agreed among theirb- 

 felves that it was Me era ; which I fuppofe from die above circum^ 

 fiances to fignify law, or regulation. They frequently told 

 us that they killed thieves,, by hanging a large ilone to their necks 



and drowning them in the fea : however,,in a. nation which has io 

 much innocence and benevolence, andfo few wants, the greater part 



of which, may very eafily be fatisfied, this crime, muft be rare. Mur^ 

 derfeemsto.baacrime unknown among them ; though we frequently 

 faw fome of them difagree, and fight, yet the byflanders were always 

 ready to part them, in order to prevent further mifchief, and their 



yet degraded to that degree of degeneracy and bafe^ 



nefs 



permit 



them to poftpone vengeance to another time 



and to lay a plan in cool blood, and in. a deliberate manner, to 

 execute it with more certainty and fecurity to themfelves. 



Like 



true children of nature, their palTi 



the 



g 



principles of 



felf-prefervation and defence, prompt them to punifh and repel 



they have /hewed 



the 



their real or imaginary wrongs, and as foon as 



that they are not deftitute of a noble refentment, they yield to t 



endeavours of their brethren to ellablifli peace 



and harmony, and 



are as eafily reconciled to their antagonifls. 



Among 



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