the quicker I may allow myſelf to be in relating them.
At length, theſe firſt Improvements enabled Man to improve at a greater Rate. Induſtry grew perfect in Proportion as the Mind became more enlightened. Men, ſoon ceaſing to fall aſleep under the firſt Tree, or take ſhelter in the firſt Cavern, light upon ſome hard and ſharp kinds of Stone reſembling Spades or Hatchets, and employed them to dig the Ground, cut down Trees, and with the Branches build Huts, which they afterwards bethought themſelves of plaiſtering over with Clay or Dirt. This was the Epocha of a firſt Revolution, which produced the Eſtabliſhment and Diſtinction of Families, and which introduced a Species of Property, and along with it perhaps a thouſand Quarrels and Battles. As the Strongeſt however were probably the firſt to make themſelves Cabins, which they
