READER 
qf the Inhabitants. And if at this Time 
it is become neceffary to make ufe of fo- 
reign Drugs in the Cure of various Diftem- 
pers it is becaufe Men have takeq to fo- 
reign Fqod, and make ufe of foreign Spir 
ces to Iharpen their Depraved Appetites, 
j However there is ftill a confiderabie Part 
of the Natives of all Countries who are lb 
happy as not to have it in their Power to 
alienate their Conftitutions, and therefore 
live upon the natural Produce of thejr na- 
tive Soil. Thefe are Itrong and hail and 
beget a found llrong and ufeful Race, and 
I when ill, are to be relieved by the Produce 
I of the fame Land which furni Ihes their 
plain Table. 
F or the fake of fuch who make up lb ner 
ceffary a part of a Nation, that they can 
^by no rneansbefpared, we Ihould diligent- 
S ly inquire, into what kind Nature every 
where provides for us, and when we have 
call up the Store, examine more ftridly 
t into the Ufes the feveral Individuals may 
; be put to. We Ihould not even pafs by 
-■ the minuteft Thing unregarded, bepaule 
for ought we know it may in Time difeover 
itlelf to us either by Chance or on Exami- 
nation to be one way or other of fome con- 
i' ' liderable 
