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likewife^ to our moft expert artifts, that 

 the Indians can manufadurc thefe metala 

 with great ingenuity. But without enter- 

 in^ into farther details on the induftry of 

 thefe people, 1 fhall only obferve, that 

 what I have already faid, is fufficient to 

 prove, that to eftablifli a colony of Indians 

 at Madagafcar, would be an enterprife wor* 

 thy of an enlightened nation. The Indian 

 will prefer Madagafcar to his native country. 

 He will, doubtlefs, choofe rather to work 

 for himfelf, in a climate fimilar to his own, 

 and in a fertile ifland, where he will enjoy 

 full liberty in the midft of peace, than to 

 cultivate for the benefit of the Mogul, the 

 field which was torn from his anceftors by 

 the moft deteftable robbery. By his exam- 

 ple he will invite the Malegache to labour j 

 and his induftry will raife the colony to the 

 higheft degree of profperity. 



The true wealth of a nation is the pro- 

 5 duce 



