Face of Nature, and meaſured with his Eyes the vaſt Extent of the Heavens.
If I ſtrip this Being, thus conſtituted, of all the ſupernatural Gifts which he may have received, and of all the artificial Faculties, which he could not have acquired but by ſlow Degrees; if I conſider him, in a word, ſuch as he muſt have iſſued from the Hands of Nature; I ſee an Animal leſs ſtrong than ſome, and leſs active than others, but, upon the whole, the moſt advantageouſly organized of any: I ſee him ſatisfying the calls of Hunger under the firſt Oak, and thoſe of Thirſt at the firſt Rivulet; I ſee him laying himſelf down to ſleep at the Foot of the ſame Tree, that afforded him his Meal; and behold, this done, all his Wants are completely ſupplied.
The Earth left to its own natural Fertility (4) and covered with immenſe Woods, that
