Chain of Ideas, and can only be brought to Perfection one after another, ſeem to be altogether beyond the Reach of ſavage Man, for Want of Communication with his Fellows, that is to ſay, for Want of an Inſtrument wherewith to form this Communication, and of Calls to render it neceſſary. All his Knowledge and Induſtry conſiſts in leaping, running, fighting, throwing a Stone, climbing a Tree. But, if on the one hand he can do nothing elſe, he can on the other do all theſe Things much better than we can, who are much leſs beholden to ſuch Exerciſes; And as Skill and Dexterity in ſuch Exerciſes depends entirely on Practice, and can neither be communicated or handed down from one Individual to another, the firſt Man might have been every whit as expert at them as the last of his Deſcendents.
The Relations of Travellers abound with Examples of the Strength and Vigour of Men in barbarous and ſavage Countries; they almoſt equally extol their Nimbleneſs and Dexterity; and as Eyes alone are
