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firmly fecurcd againil the penetration of the 

 cold air, and inwardly heated with ftoves, when 

 he travels into Pcrfia and India^ is direéled by the 

 fame reaion to fleep in the open air, and on the 

 tops of houfcs, and to ufe machines to agitate 

 and bring frefh air about him ; and, on the con- 

 trary, the Ethiopian, though his lodging be in 

 the open plains and defarts, and he without any 

 clothing, yet, when he is brought to Europe, 

 he is glad to fcreen himfelf in warm houfes, 

 and warm himfelf by fires, and cover himfelf 

 with thick clothing. Reafon giveth man this 

 pre-eminence over brute beafts ; by it he can 

 make almod all parts of the world habitable to 

 him by arts and inventions to fcreen himfelf from 

 the great heats in fome parts, and defend him- 

 felf from the piercing colds in other parts of the 

 world. No brute animal can thus indifferently 

 inhabit any part of the world, becaufe their in- 

 nate laws are unchangeable, and accommodated 

 only to fuch climates as nature has placed them 

 in ; fo that I believe there is no creature whole 

 race is fpread in all habitable parts of the world 

 [ as is that of the human fpecies. Each animal 

 feems to have his appointed ciimate,out of which, 



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