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conqueror. In this state of nature live a 
people who might be rendered civilized, 
and happily engaged in all the useful occu- 
pations of society. 
The English have dependencies, particu- 
larly in the East, of immense extent, and 
they enjoy the advantages of a considerable 
population ; but who can tell where the 
revolutionary principle that has lately made 
such gigantic strides throughout the con- 
tinent of Europe will stop at last ? If from 
any unforeseen occurrence the British set- 
tlements in India should become independ- 
ent, their possessions in Africa would amply 
recompense the misfortune ; and although 
such an event is not considered in England 
as within the scope of probability, yet I 
have seen in India what was sufficient to 
convince me, that to guard against such a 
contingency would, at this day, be a pru- 
dent measure in the British government. 
The Dutch colonists, I have before ob- 
served, menaced the government of the 
Cape in more instances than one, and have 
shown a strong disposition to be freed from 
the Batavian yoke. But these colonists 
