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not only In this, but every other parti- 

 cular; and their cares, inftead of ex^ 

 tending to a ftate of future exigence, 

 feldom reach beyond the prefenthour; 

 nor, except in the fingle article of agri- 

 culture, do they ever make any provi- 

 lion for futurity ; and though the la- 

 bour required for cultivating a fufficient 

 quantity of Caflava is fo trifling, yet 

 they often delay their cares on this 

 particular, till they are not only defti- 

 tute of Piworree, but even of bread, 

 in which cafe they contentedly recur to 

 the ufe of Sipera, or Green-heart-tree 

 Apples. 



This indolent negledt and unconcern, 

 which, in a colder climate, would be 

 productive of mifery, in this occafions 

 only prefent inconvenience, and confti- 

 tutes in their difpofitions a happy tran- 

 quillity, which is immutable either by 

 want or abundance. When furrounded 



with 



