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pofleffion of thofe articles by ftratagem, if 
they could not by open force. Such in ge- 
neral is the character of the real favage, and 
fuch is nature. No one has a right to retain 
that which belongs to all, and the leafl: ine- 
quality would be a fource of the greateft 
misfortunes. Whoever has read Captain Coolis 
Voyages to the South Seas, muft have remarked 
that this navigator and liis crew never landed 
without fuftaining fome lofs ; the iflanders 
robbed them even in their veflel, carried 
away the arms of thofe who were fent out 
on hunting parties, and ftole the failors 
clothes, &c. Dr. Forfter informs us that 
Dr. Sparmann, after being robbed of his 
fword, loft alfo in the fame excurfion two- 
thirds of his clothes. The CafFres and the 
Hottentots have not yet attained to that de- 
gree of dexterity; but they are not entirely 
free from blame in this refpedt. To live on 
friendly terms with them, people muft wink 
at many petty lofles, or lock up their pro- 
perty carefully. 
I had a convincing proof of the prefling 
neceffity under which the CafFres were of 
procuring Iron. I blamed myfelf for having 
made them advance perhaps too foon, and 
fo? 
