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on the coaft of Caffraria and -the we/refn Sde 
of this extenlivc continent. But fuppofing 
this humane and political meafure to be fuL 
ly accompliilied, fliil there reniains a work 
^ to be perforrHcd of infinite importance to the 
profperity of thefe countries^ and the gov- 
crnment of the whole. 
■ What I particularly allude to on the pre- 
font ocGafiOjOj is the mode to be adopted 
for civiliziiiQc the natives of thofe' deliGchtful 
-eountrieSj fi.tuattrd from three to Jive hundred 
r^niles northward of the lu/h-River. 
- On coniidcTing this lub|eft with atten- 
thiiijl own fonie very potervt objectirjns have 
taken poflcffion of my mind rclpeLting the 
ufual manner of colonizing which, for cen- 
turies paft, the enlightened nations have in- 
variably piirf^jed. 
It cannot have efcaped thofe people Vv ho 
are converfant in hiftory, that lince tlie 
rftablifiinrent of chrifdanity in Europe, no 
fa-vage country has been fettled from that 
cx)ntinent, without having mijpionaries or 
clergy of fome order accompany the adven*- 
turers. The //V/y of the meafure w^ould at 
this day be applauded, if experience had not 
taught us the impGlicy oi it ; for I believe it 
will be found, that hitherto the adoption of 
this praciice has been feldom attended with 
a iingle good ccnfequence. But without re^ 
curring to the hiftories ot Mexico^ and the 
eaftern w^orld, to elucidate this opinion, I 
lhall confine my obfervations to thcfavciges 
in Africa, and vvdiat efFed I conceive would 
