dangers, and the experience of fidelity and valour, awaken the love of those virtues, render them a subject of admiration, and endear their possessors.ACTUATED by great passions, the love of glory, and the desire of victory; roused by the menaces of an enemy, or stung with revenge; in suspense between the prospects of ruin or conquest, the barbarian spends every moment of relaxation in the indulgence of sloth. He cannot descend to the pursuits of industry or mechanical labour: the beast of prey is a sluggard; the hunter and the warrior sleeps, while women or slaves are made to toil for his bread. But shew him a quarry at a distance, he is bold, impetuous, artful, and rapa∣cious: no bar can withstand his violence, and no fatigue can allay his activity.EVEN under this description mankind are ge∣nerous and hospital to strangers, as well as kind, affectionate, and gentle, in their domestic societyJean du Plan Carpen. Rubruquis, Caesar, Tacit.. Friendship and enmity are to them terms of the greatest importance: they mingle not their func∣tions together; they have singled out their enemy, and they have chosen their friend. Even in depre∣dation, the principal object is glory; and spoil is considered as a badge of victory. Nations and tribes are their prey: the solitary traveller, by whom they can acquire only the reputation of ge∣nerosity, is suffered to pass unhurt, or is treated with splendid munificence.0