VpyiLGE TO MADAGASCAU. I5 



tures and the arts to perfection. Nothing 

 is neceflary but fome new inventions to 

 change the mdaftry of a great nation. The 

 inventioa of the ftocfcing-loom, and the 

 more recent difcovery of fpinniag cotton by 

 machine ry, have operated a great revolution 

 in tl^efe two branches of manufaQure* Nei- 

 ther knitting nor fpinning by the hand caa 

 ever in future come in competition witli 

 work executed by madiines. 



e Eurppeam vv^ho trave] into thefe dif- 

 taat countries, communicate to thofe people, 

 whom you call favages, your learning and 

 your knowledge ; make it an indifpenfable 

 law of your duty to behave to them with 

 that juQice, that equality, and that attach- 

 mei^t which ought to prevail among beings 

 of the f^ijie fpecies. The enlightened ftate 

 of the prefeat age no longer permits you to 

 be ignorant of this facred duty. Forget not 

 the immenle obligations you yourfelves are 



under 



