Circumſtances, which obliged him to apply to bodily Exerciſe. There was a Neceſſity for becoming active, ſwift-footed, and ſturdy in Battle. The natural Arms, which are Stones and the Branches of Trees, ſoon offered themſelves to his Aſſiſtance. He learned to ſurmount the Obſtacles of Nature, to contend in caſe of Neceſſity with other Animals, to diſpute his Subſiſtence even with other Men, or indemnify himſelf for the Loſs of whatever he found himſelf obliged to part with to the ſtrongeſt.
In Proportion as the Human Species grew more numerous, and extended itſelf, its Pains likewiſe multiplied and increaſed. The Difference of Soils, Climates and Seaſons, might have forced Men to obſerve ſome Difference in their Way of living. Bad Harveſts, long and ſevere Winters, and ſcorching Summers which parched up all the Fruits of the Earth, required ex-
