execution of the laws, md liow minure in the levying uf 

 duties. The life of man, liowever, ii not required at the 

 hand of liis next neighbaiir; • but EuTOf»«s\itB lay great streBS 

 on evidence, requiring the wiltieasea to submit to exaiiMna- 

 t ion, and 10 take oath by ciitling off a fowTs head, before 

 they dare to settle a matter or deeide a cause ; thus when 

 men «re killed, they are either thrown (nit into the streets, 

 or suffered to float down the Btreamsj every one being ail<*nt 

 without enquiry, and nobody daring lo stand forward as a 

 witness, Atas I aim I that the imprtanl affair of humaR 

 life fthoitld afrer all be treated ?o lightly, 



With res|>ect to the Dutch, they ore very much like tlic 

 man who stopped hia ears while stealinif a beil. f Mananriiig 

 them by the rules uf reason^ Ihey acaroety po^smn one of the 

 five cardinal virtues; | the great oppress the Bmall, being 

 overbearing and covetous 3 thus they have no benevolence f 

 huabaiids and wives separale, with fiermission to marry again, 

 and before a man is dead a monih his widow is allowed to 

 go to another, thus ihey have no rectitude ; there is 110 dis- 

 tiuclion beiween aujieriora and infer iora, men and women are 

 mingfed together, thus tliey ere without propriety ; they 

 are extravagant and telf-indulgent in the extrtfme, atid thua 

 bring tliemHelvea to ihe o rave, witboul 9|ieci»lating on leav- 

 ing soineihrng to trajiqiiiHi^e aiidaid their po»reriiy, thtmthey 

 have no wisdom. Of the single quality of gineerity, however, 

 they poasessa little. Aa it respects the mannere of the na- 

 tives, with their uncouth forms, iheir singular appearancea, 

 dwelling ii^ hollow trees, and residinj? in caverns, with their 



• In Cbina, when a dead body h found,, the nearest inhabitants are 

 taken np, and required to discover the culprit ; Ihe Chinese wriU'r 

 lain&ula that it is not so in Balavia. 



f Intirnfltinijf that thej- try to hide their vices from thenftselves, ami 

 thiiik that tKpy are as much concealed from othpra. They have a 

 Btiiry in China, that while a man waa stealing a bell^ he ptopppd his 

 own earFf to prevent his hearing" the noise, and then thouglit that 

 others were alao deaf ta the sound. 



I The five cardinal virlueH autonsr Ihp Chinfsr are benevolence, 

 l ighleouaneiiSj prupriety, wiadom, and irulh. 



