TRAVELS IN 
^he comparative Eftltnate of the Cape and Ceylon. — French jealous of our Conmercel 
—NeceJJity of re-pojfejjing the Cape or dejlroying the Enemy's Shipping there.— Bays of 
the Cape— Table Bay—Robben If and — Lofs of the Sceptre— Simon's Bay — Saldanha 
Bay — ObjeBions to it — obviated. — Saint Helena Bay. — Conclufion. 
"^^HEN one refledls, for a moment, on the diminutive fpace 
that the Britilh iflands occupy on the furface of the globe, 
In comparifon with the large portions that fome nations enjoy, 
and confiders their detached and remote fituation by which their 
inhabitants were, in the opinion of the ancients, 
Toto ah orle divifos," 
" Cutoff from the reft of mankind j'* 
when, at the fame time, one bears in mind the vafl: weight 
and preponderance thefe little illands have long maintained 
in the hiftory and tranfadions of mod of the numerous fo- 
cieties that conftitute this world of human beings, it is im- 
poffible to withhold our admiration and aftonifhment at a phe- 
nomenon which, at firft fight, wears the appearance of being 
fo much out of the ordinary courfe of things. In vain fhould 
we fearch for a parallel in the hiftory of the world, becaufe 
the hiftory of the world affords no example of a country 
where property has fo much weight, affords fo much enjoyment, 
and is fo well fecured by juft and equal laws, as in Great 
Britain. 
Exertions to amafs wealth will, generally, be proportional 
to the ftabiliiy given to property. Hence, the enterprizing fpirit 
of Britons has colleded the riches of the world within their for- 
tunate iflands. Hence, the great and ftupendous works of con- 
venience, 
