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Show IO ON THE SLAVERY AND CoMMERCE of Homer are fufficient of. themfelv~s to dl:ablilh this account. They /hew tt to have been a common praCtice at fo early a period as that of the Troj a~ ':ar ; at~d abound with many lively defcrtptwns of tt, which, had they been as groundlefs as they are beautiful, would have frequent!y fpared the figh of the reader of fenfibthty and refleCtion. . The piracies, which were thus praettfed in the early ages, may be confidered as publick or private. In the former, wh~le crews embarked for the t benefit of their refpec-t!. V e t n" bes • They made defcents on the fea coa!l:s, carried off cattle, furprized whole viiiages, put many of the inhabitants to ~he [word, and carried others into !lavery. In the latter, individuals only were concerned, and the emolument was their o';n. Thefe landed from their /hips, and, gowg up into the country, concealed themfelves in the woods and thickets; whe:e they waited every opportunity of catchmg the Idem. - - - u the firori.geft," fays he, u eng~gin:: u in thefc adventures, Kifcl'w~ 'T'ii q'ft1tf" "~7;v (I'!Ket '!:! 701~ •~ i:TO:via-JTfo~li,." unfortuna~ OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. II unfortunate lhepherd or huibandman alone. In this fituation they faiiied out upon him, dragged him on board, conveyed him to a foreign market, and fold him for a !lave. To this kind of piracy Uly!fes alludes, in oppofition to the former, which he had been j ufl: before mentioning, in his q ueftion to Eumreus. "' "Did pirates wait, till all thy friends were gone, "To catch thee fingly with thy flocks alone; u Say, did they force thee from thy fleecy care, "And from thy fields (ranfport and fell thee here ?u But no piCture, perhaps, of this mode of depredation, is equal to that, with which :j: Xenophon prefents us in the fimple narrative of a dance. He informs us that the Grecian army had concluded a peace with the Paphlagonians, and that they entertained their emballadors in confequence with a banquet, and the exhibition of various feats of aCtivity. " When the Thracians," fays he, " had performed the parts allotted them in " this entertainment, fome lEnianian and '' Magnetian foldiers rofe up, and, accoutred • Ho111er. Odyrs. L. 15. 385. t Xcnoph. Kt~f• Avu.,. L, 6~ fub initio~ "in |