ſuch Diſcoverers can be ſuppoſed to have been.
As to Agriculture, the Principles of it were known a long time before the Practice of it took place, and it is hardly poſſible that Men, conſtantly employed in drawing their Subſiſtence from Trees and Plants, ſhould not have early hit on the Means employed by Nature for the Generation of Vegetables; but in all Probability it was very late before their Induſtry took a turn that Way, either becauſe Trees, which with their Land and Water Game ſupplied them with ſufficient Food, did not require their Attention; or becauſe they did not know the uſe of Corn; or becauſe they had no Inſtruments to cultivate it; or becauſe they were deſtitute of Foreſight in regard to future Neceſſities; or in fine, becauſe they wanted Means to hinder others from running away with the Fruit of their Labours. We may believe that
