VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



quire coolnefs to fubdue the elements, and 

 knowfedge to condufl, from one extremity 

 of the earth to the other, thofe large fioat- 

 ing caftles, which fecure and prote^ the 

 commerce of polifhed nations. The lives 

 of failors, and the fafety of a fhip or fqua- 

 dron, ought not to be entruftcd to men too 

 fufceptible of paffion, or whofe imaginations 

 being lively and irregular arc apt to be hur- 

 ried into fits of delirium. Men of this kind, 

 who are fond of, and admire, whatever is 

 fabulous or romantic, are common only 

 among idle and' frivolous nations, or in large 

 capitals, where their fatal influence occa- 

 fions ftill greater diforders than that cf pro- 

 fligates. Such enihufiaftic charadera are 

 rare in the colonies, and are always deflitute 

 of credit and authority. 



Benyowfki felt the truth of this alfertioa 

 Iq all its bitternels. He faw, at the fame 

 time, of how much imponance to him it 



was 



