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with human flesh in place of venison ; and that upon the 
discovery of this atrocious act, the king doomed them to be 
outcasts from society for ever. This ridiculous fable I men- 
tion merely to shew the extent to which the natives of the 
island imagine the king entitled to carry his authority. 
The nature of the government and the military and civil es- 
tablishments form a very considerable part of what is most re- 
markable among the Candians ; and is^ perhaps, the most im- 
portant topic of enquiry to Europeans. I shall therefore en- 
deavour to present my readers with a full account of this subject. 
