22 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 



are much wifer than the Europeans, who 

 have the cruel madnefs to y^iih that all the 

 people of the earth would conform lo their 

 cuftoins, opinions, and even prejudices* 



Are favages then fo much to be pitied ? 

 Do we find many of them dlfcontented with 

 their condition ? Does it become m to de- 

 fpife the ftate of nature ? Are we not fur- 

 rounded by men, who, tired pf exiftence, 

 deteft it, and feek to deprivp themfelves 

 pfit? 



The favagc confines his wants and defireg 

 to the procuring of what is abfolutelj' necefr 

 fary for his fubfiftence. He enjoys in peace 

 the gifts of nature, and endures with filence 

 thofe evils which are infeparable from hu- 

 manity. 



The condu£l of man in a ftate of civUlza- 

 tion is not fo reafonable* Idlenefs and opu- 

 lence hurry him on to thofe vain and faJfe 

 enjoyments which > in the endj bring upon 



him 



