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without correcting any of thofe he had brought 

 along with him. He was fond of women to 

 diftra&ion. He was handfome, and his bravery 

 and his warlike feats, made him much taken no- 

 tice of, he had alfo a fprightly wit, and was of a 

 very engaging behaviour ; he debauched many of 

 his countrywomen, and carried his irregularities to 

 fuch a height, that it was debated in the council of 

 his own canton, whether they fliould not difpatch 

 him. It Was however carried by a plurality of 

 voices, that he mould be fuffered to live becaufe 

 that being of diftinguiflied valour, he would people 

 the country with excellent warriors. 



The care which the mothers take of their chil- 

 dren, whilft they are ftill in the cradle is beyond 

 all exprefilon, and proves in a very fenfible man- 

 ner, that we often fpoil all, by the reflections 

 which we add to the dictates of fimple nature. 

 They never leave them, they carry them every 

 where about with them ; and even when they 

 are ready to (ink under the burthen with which 

 they load themfelves, the cradle of the child is 

 held for nothing : and one would even think, that 

 this additional weight were an eafe to them and 

 rendered them more agile. 



Nothing can be neater than thefe cradles in 

 which the child lies as commodioufly and foftly as 

 pofiible. But the infant is only made faft from 

 the middle downwards : fo that when the cradle 

 is upright, the little creatures have their head 

 and the half of the body hanging down; we 

 Europeans would imagine, that a child left in 

 this condition would become entirely decrepid ; 



but 



