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Show ‘ .40 Plan for Civilization, 86¢. ‘ [G.P.] 5y Meflrr. Franklin and Dalryrnple. " Many voyages have been undertaken with " views of profit or of plunder, or to gratify to procure fome advantage to Catt or Bark, from the coal trade, of 350 tons, efiimated at about - - 2000 ourfelves, or do fome mifchief to others : but Extra expences, fiores, boats, 86C. - - 3000 " refentment; a voyage is now propofed to vifit a diftant people on the other tide the globe; not to cheat them, not to rob them, not to feize their F---- _ To be manned With 60 men at lands, or enflave their perfons; but merely to do them good, and make them, as far as in our 5000 4 cyavman filmonth power lies, to live as comfortably as ourfelves. 240 12 " It feems a laudable wifh that all the nations Matt-M m 4.x of the earth were conneéted by a knowlege of each other, and a mutual exchange of benefits : 2880 ‘l?' annum but a commercial nation particularly fhould 3 with for a general civilization of mankind, fince trade is always carried on to much greater extent with people who have the arts and con- Wagering: 8640 for three years 864.0 veniencies of life, than it can be with naked favages. We may therefore hope in this un- dertaking to be of fome fervice to our country, as well as to thofe poor people, who, however dii'tant from us, are in truth related to us, and whole interefls do, in fome degree, concern every one who can fay Homefitm, Sec." 13640 O----‘ Cargo included, fuppofed - - ~ - - 15000 The exPences of this expedition are calculated for three years; but the greatei'c part of the Scheme of a voyage éyfuéfcrzption, to convey the conveniencies of life, as fowls, hogs, goats, cattle, corn, iron, Sac. to thofe remote regions which are deftitute of them, and to bring from thence fuch productions as can be cultivated in this kingdom to the advantage of fociety, in a ihip under the command of Alexander Da/rymp/e. amount of wages will not be wanted till the {hip returns, and a great part of the expence of prov1flons will be faved by what is obtained in the courfe of the voyage by barter or otherwife, tho" it IS proper to make provifion for contingencies. itikaraksaeeraa-aIe-sa Catt G EXTRACT |