DEDICATION. 
dialed for a fingle nail^ and a flieep given in 
exchange for '^ghfs bead or a bit of wire. 
It has been remarked by feveral intelii- 
gent Europeans, who have penetrated into 
the fonthern continent of Africaj that nioft 
of the hoordes they vilited were compofed 
of people of great natural fagacity, and of an 
aclivc and enterprifing difpohtion. In civil- 
ising thefe tribeSj it w^ouid be neceffary to- 
take efpeciai care, that all the European cok 
onifisj who have hitherto advanced into the 
interior, fhould be prevented from ading 
oilenfively againft the natives, and that the 
new comers on the eaftern and weftern 
coafts Ihouldpurchafe the lands they imme- 
diately occupied, from the native proprie- 
tors, and obferve the fame conduct as they 
proceeded into the country. In all their 
dealings v/ith the favages (for fo they are 
called) a moil rigid attention fliould be ob- 
ferved ; and as fome of their communities 
i^re highly tenacious of female continence 
(although others are of a contrary difpofi- 
tion) all improper connexion with their wo- 
xnen fhould be feverely puniflied. Totally 
unacquainted with the ufe or management 
of fxie-arms, they Ihould be Icept for fome 
time in that ftate of happy ignorance, un- 
til, by a mutual intercourfe with the Euro- 
peans, they become enlightened, and learn- 
in to cultivate the lands, eftabliih a local 
habitation* To effeft this defirable purpofe, 
the utmofl care Ihcuki be alfo obferved to 
