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fmall cord hefd by my guides revived mf 

 courage, and facilitafed* art acc^fs* to tli^ 

 higfieft precipices. Silk cords are prefera- 

 ble to thofe of hemp, becaVife they ard 

 ftfonger and much lighten Ehr* Franklin 

 propofcs paper kites, to enable people to 

 crofs rivers, the currents of which may be 

 rapid* This method might, doubtlefs, be 

 of utility in certain circumftances to thofe 

 who cannot fwim well, Thofe, however, 

 Who are unacquainted with tliat ufeful art 

 may, by means of bamboos fafloned to a 

 long rope, crofs very rapid rivers when they 

 have in their fer vice vigorous iflanders and 

 good fwimmers, who by this fimple appa* 

 ratus can draw them from the one bank to 

 the other. With prudence and induftry 

 man may furmount great obftacles: there 

 are few above his genius when he has 

 learned early to attempt to overcome fuch 

 diiiicuities. 



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