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Show IJ2 O N THE SLAVER Y AND COMMJ:R CC " as the climate of Scythia was fcverer " than that of .&gypt, fo were the bodies " of the Scythians harder, and as capable of enduring the feverity of their atmo" fphere, as the fEgyptians the temperate" nefs of their own." But you may fay perhaps, that, though they are capable of enduring their own climate, yet their lituation is freq uently uncomfortable, and even wretched : that Africa is in fefted with locufis, and infects of various kinds ; that they fettle in {warms upon the trees, defiroy the verdure, con fume the fruit, and deprive the inhabitants of their food. But the fame anfwer may be applied as before; " that the £m1e kind Providence, ·who tempered the body of the an imal, tempered alfo the body of the tree; that he gave it a quality to recover the bite of the locufi, which he fent ; · and to realfume, in a ihort interval of time·, its former glory." And that fu ch is the cafe experience has ll1ewn : for the very trees that have been infefl:ed, and fl:ripped of their bloom and verdure, fo furprizingly quick is vege-tation, oF THE H uMAN S PEC I ES . 113 tation, appear in a few days, as if an infect had been utterly unknown. We may add to thefc obfervations, from the tefiimony of thofc who have written the H ifl:ory of Africa from their own infpection, that no country is more luxurious in profpects, none more fruitful , none more rich in herds and flocks, and none, where the comforts of life can be gaiiied with fo little trouble. But you G1y again, as a confirmation of thefe your former arguments, (by which you would have it underfiood, that the Africans themfelves are fen lible of the goodnefs of your in tentions) " that they do not ap" pear to go with you againll: their will," Impudent and bafe alfertion ! Why then do you load them with chains I Why keep you your daily and nightly watches? But alas, as a farther, though a more melancholy proof, of the falfehood of your allcrtions, how many, «"hen on board your lhips, have put a period to their exlfience ? How many have leaped into the fea? How many h ave pined to death, that, even at the expence of their lives, they might fly from your benevolence? H Do |