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of wild animals are much preferable to those that have been 
domesticated. 
It must however be confessed, that there is not in the 
whole sea-coast of this extensive colony a single bay that is not 
either insecure for shipping, or otherwise objectionable : yet, 
with all the imperfections and inconveniencies of its bays, its 
geographical position on the globe will, at all times, render it 
a powerful instrument in the hands of a maritime nation for 
directing the commerce of India and China into new chan^ 
nels, for enriching its possessors, and distressing tkeir 
enemies. 
