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mous fufpicions — Yes, the whole family in- 
habit the fame hut; the father lies by the fide 
of his daughter, and the mother by the fon ; 
but on the return of Aurora each rlfes with 
a pure heart, and without having occafion to 
blufh before the Author of all Beings, or any 
of the creatures whom he has marked with 
the feal of his own refemblance. A favage 
is neither a brute nor a barbarian : the real 
monfter is he w^ho fees crimes every where, 
becaufe he fuppofes them ; and who aflerts 
their exiftence oti the odious teftimony of 
his own confcience. 
I have vifited more than one horde of fa- 
vages ; and I never found any where but mo- 
defty and referve amongft the women, I can 
add among the men alfo. The author whom 
I have fo often contradi£led pays refpeft to 
truth, when he confefles that people would 
judge very erroneoufly, were they to believe 
that, becaufe the favages go naked, they have 
as little modefty as veil ; and that it was with 
great difficulty he could find men who, even 
by the temptation of prefents, would confent 
to put afide their jakals, that he might be 
convinced by his own eyes whether they 
were circumciled or not. 
I have 
