VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. Sj 



Thofe who entertain *iny apprehenfions 

 of that kind, muft have reflected very little 

 on the caufes of profiigacy, which produce 

 fo much milchief among civilized nations j 

 for what vices can be hurtful in a country 

 where equality prevails ? Irregularities are 

 never found but in great cities, in the midft 

 of luxury and wretched nefs. 



Should the colony of malefadors, which 

 the EngUih have lately eflabliflied at Botany 

 Bay, though founded on principles diiTerent 

 from mine, have, for the happinefs of hu- 

 manity, that fuccefs which it is reafonable 

 to exped, can the other nations of Europe 

 refufe to imitate the example? Will they 

 complain of the expcnces that fuch emigra- 

 tions may occafion ? But thefe expences are 

 juft, as well as ufeful to fociety j and if we 

 compare them with the prefent expences of 

 imprifoning and executing criminals, we 

 ihall find that they are much inferior. Can 

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