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gh tenerte ha el pic on clpcjcue. Toonuicli familiarity breeds 
contempt.—And yet, “A Friend in need is a Friend 
indeed.” The Latins fay, Amicus certvs in re incerla cer- 
nilur • the French, Gn connoit L'ami en beJoin\ tlte Ger¬ 
mans, Gin'.n quteii frevnd erkenner man in der nolit. —It is 
good, however, according to another proverb, “ To prove 
cur Friends before we have need,” left in timesof abfo- 
liite neceftity, we find our confidence mifplaced, and all 
our fupport refting on a broken reed : for, according to 
another proverb, “All are not Friends who fpeak us 
fair.” Therefore, “ Be a Friend to thyfelf, and others 
will befriend thee.” If by induftry and frugality, fo- 
briety and economy, we make our own circumftances 
eafy and affluent, fo as not to be for ever wanting friends 
on pecuniary occafions, we lhall then generally find 
friends enough ; w'hereas, on the contrary, fay the I.a- 
tins, Infelicibus vuili funt co^nati, ncc amici-, Tlte unhap¬ 
py, the poor, and the wretched, have neither friends nor 
relations. 
“ Be a Friend to one, .and an enemy to none.” The 
Spaniards (ay. Amigo de nno, enemigo de ninguno-, that is, 
Have o!,e bofom friend, and carry it fair and candidly to 
the whole world.—Yet, “Never truft much to a new 
F'riend, or an old enemy.” A very wholefome and fea- 
fonable proverb ; for it is hard to difeover how far the 
tirft can be confided in, or on what principle of cordial 
affeftion the other miglit have been induced to forego 
his enmity. "I'lie f.atins fay, Subita amicitia raro fine pceni- 
tentia colilitr the Spaniards, De amigo reconciliddo gudndate 
del como del diablo Be as wary of a reconciled friend, as 
yott would be of ilie grand deceiver.—But, “A Friend 
in the way, is better than a penny in the purfe.” Tlte 
Spaniards fay, Aqitellcs [on rices que tienen amigos- Thofe 
are rich who have friends at hand. Friends do indeed not 
Dnfrequently fupply the place of riches; but it is pretty 
certain that riches oftener fupply the place of friends, or 
are made the inftrument of procuring them : hence riches, 
when judicioufiy managed, are always-a blefling. 
FRIEND, Dr. See Freind. 
F'RIEND'ED, adj. Well difpofed ; inclined to love : 
Not friended by his wifh to your high perfon, 
His will is moft malignant, and it ftretches 
Beyond you to your friends. Shakefpeare. 
FRIEND'ING,/. Friendlinefs: 
And what fo poor a man as Hamlet is 
May do, to exprefs his love and friending to you, 
God willing, (hall not lack. Shakefpeare. 
FRIEND'LESS, adj. Wanting friends ; wanting fup¬ 
port ; without countenance; deliitute; forlorn.—Alas! 
I am a woman, friendlfs, hopelefs. Shakefpeare. 
To fome new clime, or to thy native (ley. 
Oh friendlefs and forfaken virtue fly, Dryden. 
To what new clime, what diftant Iky, 
friendlefs, will ye fly ? Pope, 
FRIEND'LESS MAN. The Saxon term for him 
whom we now call an outlaw, becaule he was, upon his 
exclufion from the king’s peace and proteftion, denied 
all help of friends. 
FRIF.ND'LINESS, f. A difpofition to friendfhip. 
Exertion of benevolence.—Let all the intervals be em¬ 
ployed in prayers, charity, Jriendlinefs' awA neighbourhood, 
and means of fpiritual and corporal health. Taylor. 
FRIEND'LY, adj. Having the temper and difpofition 
of a friend; kind; favourable; benevolent.—They gave 
them thanks, defiling them to be friendly ftill unto them, 
s Mac. xii. 31. 
Let the NafTau-ftar in rifing majefty appear, 
And guide the profp’ious mariner 
With everLfling beams of friendly light. Prior. 
Difpofed to union; amicable: 
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\d\Yt friendly colours found our hearts unite, 
And each from eacli contradl new ftrength and light. Pope. 
Salutary; homogeneal : 
Not that Nepenthe, which tlie wife of Thone 
In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, 
Is of fiich power to ftir up joy as this. 
To life fo friendly, or lb cool to thirft. Milton. 
FRIEND'LY, adv. In the manner of friends ; with 
appearance of kindnefs; amicably': 
Here between the armies, 
Let’s drink Xogeskerfriendly, and embrace; 
That all their eyes may bear thofe tokens home, 
Of our reftored love and amity. Shakefpeare, 
FRIEND'LY I'SLANDS, a clufter of iflands in the 
Southern Pacific Ocean, fo named by captain Cook in 
1773,. on account of the friendftiip which appeared to 
fubllft among tlie inhabitants, and from their courteous 
behaviour to (trangers. Abel Janfeu Tafman, an emi¬ 
nent Dutch navigator, firft touched here in 1643, and 
gave names to the principal iflands. Captain Cook labo- 
rioufly explored about fixty of them; but the whole 
clufter are found to be upwards of 150 in number. The 
three iflands which Tafman faw he named New Amfter- 
dam, Rotterdam, and Middleburgh. The firft is the 
largeft, and extends about twenty-one miles from eaft to 
weft, and about thirteen from north to fouth. Thefe 
iflands are inhabited by a race of Indians, who cultivate 
the earth with great induftry. The ifland of Amfterdam 
is interfeefed by ftraight and pleafant roads, with fruit- 
trees on each fide, which provide ftiade from the fcorch- 
ing heat of the fun. The chief iflands are Annamobka, 
Tangataboo, the refidence of the fovereign and the chiefs, 
Lefooga, and Eooa. Lefooga is about feven miles long, 
and in fome places not above two or tliree broad. It is 
in many refpeGs fuperior to Annamooka. The planta. 
tions are both more numerous and more extenfive ; and 
inclofed by fences which, running parallel to each other, 
form fine fpacious public roads, which would appear 
beautiful in countries where rural conveniences have been 
carried to the greateft perfection. They are, in general, 
highly cultivated, and well-ftocked with the feveral roots 
and fruits which thefe iflands produce; and captain Cook 
endeavoured to add to their number by planting Indian 
corn, and the feeds of melons, &c. Eooa, when viewed 
from the (hip at anchor, formed one of the mod beauti¬ 
ful profpefts in nature, and very different from the others 
of the Friendly Ifles; which being low and perfeftly le¬ 
vel, exhibit nothing to the eye but the trees which cover 
them ; whereas here, the. land rifing gently to a confide- 
rable height, prefents groves of trees interfperfed at irre¬ 
gular diftances, in beautiful diforder; but covered with 
grafs near the (bores, abounding with fruit-trees, amongfl: 
which are the habitations of the natives. To obtain a 
view of as great a part of the ifland as poffible, captain 
Cook-and his officers walked up to the higheft point of 
land, from whence they beheld many beautiful meadows 
of prodigious extent, adorned with tufts of trees, and in¬ 
termixed with plantations of cocoa-nut and bread-fruit 
trees. 
The natives of thefe iflands feldom exceed the com¬ 
mon ftatiire; but are very ftrong and well made, efpe- 
cially as to their lim.bs. They are generally broad about 
the fhouldersL and though the mufcular dlfpofuion of 
the men, which feems a confequence of much aCfion, 
rather conveys the appearance of ftrength than of beauty, 
there are feveral to be feen who are really handfome. 
The women are not fo much diftinguifhed from the men 
by their features as by their general form, which is for 
the moft part deftitute of the ftrong flefhy firmnefs that 
appears in the latter; though the features of fome are 
fo delicare, as not only to be a true index of their fex, 
but to lay claim to a confiderable fhare of beauty and ex- 
prelfion ; for the bodies and limbs of moft of the females 
are 
