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to spertd ju bunting lu the forest, ^here^ 

 per Imps ^^i^y "i^y ^'^J fruits or 

 ulher things Tlie hunt of ttie Man* 

 key and tiie Squirrel pleases the sava- 

 ges mure than anything els^*, and they 

 givft themseSves to Lt wUh ardoar ; 

 their fati^upg and Ubuiir they connt 

 nathln^ if they can capture ttielr prey, 

 which they distrlbutej part to their 

 parents, part to tlieir relations, and 

 part to their friends, wrho coine t« the 

 feast I if they are joined by m one they 

 hasten to cut np their prey, after hav- 

 ing burnt the halr^ to throw tlie pieces 

 into a frying pan fvliere it ia cooked^, 

 and when ready each to devour silently 

 in the shade the portion which he 

 h&9 i^eized. 



Suuh is ihe life of these !^a\fagea. If 

 it be inconlefilibly true that civlU- 

 zed niHTi, has by ht^ intelligence many 

 advantages over the savage, it muat 

 . also be admitted that the Siivage hss 

 advantaires in many other respects. 

 The savage can find enough to ap^ 

 peaf^ehia hun^pr and q^ueuch hia thirst, 

 where the civilised man wonldexhausit 

 himself in fruitless search, and pe* 

 rish from inankion. The Savage who 

 wanders in (he Forest> obliged m he 

 may be to ifitruggle against cold^^ huti- 

 gerj and thirst, err. ploys all hla time 

 and alt the resources of his intelli- 

 gence, to hunting or fishing. It ii 

 ^iih thii object J that he bends ^ the 

 tree to the «h»pe of a bon- , that from 



