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comb of the banks of the Seine ? A man of 
fenfe never condemns, in an open manner, 
any thing that he fees pradtifed in thofe 
countries through which he travels : how- 
ever ridiculous their prejudices may be, he 
pretends to refpeit them, becaufe he has no 
right to oppofe them. This method, which 
leaves an open field for refledion, procures 
him a flattering reception, and thofe atten- 
tions which are due to all men of every 
country. If there be any cafe in which the 
application of thefe principles is indifpen- 
fably neceffary, it is, above all, with refpecft 
to favages. In my opinion, nothing is fu- 
perior to roafi: beef and plum pudding, 
when I dine in England ; I would fwallow 
train oil with the Laplander; and, among 
the Hottentots, contented with their ftcaks, 
I could eafily forget bread, and confider corn 
as of no utility. 
However ftrong the attachment of a Caffre 
may be to his flocks, it is by no means ex- 
clufive ; he has a violent affedion, that even 
becomes a kind of paffion, for his dog, and 
he fhews every attention, and the moft ex- 
travagant fondnefs, for this animal ; grati- 
tude, therefore^ foon induces it to become 
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