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eludes reafon and fubftitutes faifh^ would not 
only be inefFectual but dangerous, as it 
rnight weaken their opinion as to our fupe- 
nox underftanding, and, of courfe, lead 
them to defpife what they lliould reverence. 
But there is another realbn that fully elu- 
cidates my opinion on this important fub- 
jecl:. If the favage countries in Africa, whicli 
I have before defcribed, be colonized from 
England, it is certain that people of difFer- 
t nt religious perfuaiions will vii'it and fettle 
there. What then muft be the evident con- 
lequence ? plainly this, that what they hear 
one day delivered as facred truths, they 
vvill find contradicted on the next. — --The 
poor favages, however ignorant, will foon 
perceive, that notwithftanding our boafted 
learning and information, we have not been 
able to ao-ree amoneft ourielves on matters lb 
effential to our temporal and fpiritual hap- 
pinefs ; and if tliey are not difgufted with 
tliefe different ientiments, they will be di- 
aivided mto fedaries^ and from thence mull 
rile contentions and reciprocal animofities 
which generally terminate in wars, perfecu- 
ticns and blood-fiied. 
■ W e have fufficiently experienced in Eiircpe 
the mifchiefs that have arifen from tkeoiGn- 
o 
cai prejudices, and I hope they may be avoid- 
ed in ^ Africa^ if the natives are to become 
objects of Britifli civilization. The ufes of 
tlie plough, which in a great meafare fe- 
cures a local relldence ; the manner of rear- 
pig vegetatiou for all the purpofcs of civil 
