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llead them. I do not, however, intend fo far to extol agriculture, princi- 



and vegetable food, as to infifl that mankind, fliould entirely neglecfl 



the culture, and domeftication of animals ; I am rather of opinion, 



that a moderate Ihare of animal food,, mixed with vegetables, is, 



very well adapted to our organization, and that it is the joint care 



of animals and agriculture, which leads mankind to the highefl de- 



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and paves the way to pcrfed; happinefs. I 



gratulate, therefore, tha Taheiteans,, who are pofTelTed of fuch a 

 variety and profufion of well-tafted and falubrious vegetable food,, 

 cultivated on their happy ille, together with two domeftic quadru- 



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geds ; and who made in our lafl voyage, a new acquifition of the ^ 

 goat, a domeflic animal; and to whofe ufe Captain Cook, in his 

 prefent voyage, , carried rams and ewes, as well as bulls and. cows 3- 

 Becaufe io valuable a prefent will enable that brave people to make: 

 many improvements in their domeflic life... If rice, efpecially that 



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kind which grows on hilly grounds,, without requiring to be: 



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watered, as the comm.on rice does, mayz, fome pine-apples,. 



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nuts, dates, oranges, and lemons,,, together v^ith the fago-palm^. 



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were added to their vegetables; they woul4 form the moft 



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rational prefent, which ever was oifered to a nation,, and the moft^: 

 grateful returns we could make, to a kind, humane and hofpitable- 

 people, who generouily gave us all the refrefliments we flood in need' 



of, and enabled us 



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