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containing the Cloaths he had thrown off, and preſenting himſelf in the following Words: Be ſo kind, Sir, as to take Notice, that I for ever renounce this Apparel. I likewiſe for ever renounce the Chriſtian Religion. It is my firm Reſolution to live and die in the Religion, Manners and Customs of my Anceſtors. All the Favour I aſk from you, is to leave me the Collar and the Hanger I wear. I ſhall keep them for your Sake. Theſe Words were ſcarce out of his Mouth, when he took to his Heels and was out of Sight; nor did he ever appear among the Europeans again."
Hiſtory of Voyages, T. v. p. 175.
Pag. 132.
(17.) It might be here objected that in ſuch an Uproar and Tumult Men, inſtead of obſtinately butchering each other, would have diſperſed, had there not been Bounds ſet to their Diſperſion. But in the firſt place theſe Bounds would have been thoſe of the Earth; and if we reflect on the exceeding Population that reſults from a State of Nature, we ſhall ſee that in that State the Earth would in a very ſhort Time have been covered with Men thus forced to keep cloſe to each other.
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