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ing almoſt his only Concern, he muſt exerciſe thoſe Faculties moſt, which are moſt ſerviceable in attacking and in defending, whether to ſubdue his Prey, or to prevent his becoming that of other Animals: thoſe Organs, on the contrary, which Softneſs and Senſuality can alone improve, muſt remain in a State of Rudeneſs, utterly incompatible with all manner of Delicacy; and as his Senſes are divided on this Point, his Touch and his Taſte muſt be extremely coarſe and blunt; his Sight, his Hearing, and his Smelling equally ſubtile: ſuch is the animal State in general, and accordingly, if we may believe Travellers, it is that of moſt Savage Nations. We muſt not therefore be ſurpriſed, that the Hottentots of the Cape of Good Hope, diſtinguiſh with their naked Eyes Ships on the Ocean, at as great a Diſtance as the Dutch can diſcern them with their Glaſſes; nor that the Savages of America ſhould have tracked the Spaniards