knew they were able to defend, we may conclude that the Weak found it much ſhorter and ſafer to imitate, than to attempt to diſlodge them: and as to thoſe, who were already provided with Cabins, no one could have any great Temptation to ſeize upon that of his Neighbour, not ſo much becauſe it did not belong to him, as becauſe it could be of no Service to him; and as beſides to make himſelf Maſter of it, he muſt expoſe himſelf to a very ſharp Conflict with the preſent Occupiers.
The firſt Developments of the Heart were the Effects of a new Situation, which united Huſbands and Wives, Parents and Children, under one Roof; the Habit of Living together gave birth to the ſweeteſt Sentiments the human Species is acquainted with, conjugal and paternal Love. Every Family became a little Society, ſo much the more firmly
