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DEGRADED STATE OF NATIVES. 
[chap. y. 
character of the dog. There is neither gratitude, pity, 
love, nor self-denial; no idea of duty; no religion; 
hut covetousness, ingratitude, selfishness and cruelty. 
All are thieves, idle, envious, and ready to plunder 
and enslave their weaker neighbours.” 
