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the soul, or of the glorious and beneficent nature of the Great First 
Cause, the Source of all which is good, the Divine Father of the 
universe. Let us, in short, contrast piety with atheism, the philo- 
sopher with the rude savage, the monarch with the Chief, luxury 
with want, philanthropy with lawless rapine : let us set before us in 
one view, the lofty cathedral and the straw-hut, the flowery garden 
and the stony waste, the verdant meadow and the arid sands. 
And when our imagination shall have completed the picture, and 
placed it in a light which may invite contemplation, it will, I think, be 
impossible not to derive from it instruction of the highest class. If 
that truly wise but difficult precept, Know thyself, has been judged so 
valuable and important, as to deserve being inscribed in letters of 
gold on one of the greatest temples in the world ; most certainly, a 
precept which should command men to seek wisdom by gaining a 
knowledge of human nature and of the globe which they inhabit, 
cannot be less important or less deserving of being inscribed on the 
tablet of the mind. 
The extent of the town far exceeded the estimation which I had 
previously formed from a distant view of it ; and we walked more 
than a mile, in a direction northward from the Chief's mootsi, before 
we reached KrdmdrVs residence, although we were still at some dis- 
tance from the farthest houses. In the direction from west to east 
the diameter of the town, or rather, of the ground over which it is 
scattered, is considerably more. 
As soon as we entered the fence which encircled his habitation, 
the front court became crowded with neighbours, who ran in to 
get a sight of me and to witness what was going on. Every body 
seemed pleased at my paying a visit to their quarter of the town, and 
Kramori was proud of showing me his dwelling. 
It was one of the largest houses ; nor could it be excelled by 
any, in neatness and in the cleanliness and good order of every part. 
In the back-i/m^d, were two others of smaller dimensions : one was a 
store-house ; the other, a sleeping place for his servants or attendants. 
The whole of these buildings and the outer fence, were circular. 
The engraving at the head of the 17th chapter, is the representation of 
