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 Man living among other Animals without any Society or fixed Habitation, and finding himelf early under a Neceity of meauring his Strength with theirs, oon makes a Comparion between both, and finding that he urpaes them more in Addres, than they urpas him in Strength, he learns not to be any longer in dread of them. Turn out a Bear or a Wolf againt a turdy, active, reolute Savage, (and this they all are,) provided with Stones and a good Stick; and you will oon find that the Danger is at leat equal on both Sides, and that after everal Trials of this Kind, wild Beats, who are not fond of attacking each other, will not be very fond of attacking Man, whom they have found every whit as wild as themelves. As to Animals who have really more Strength than Man has Addres, he is, in regard to them, what other weaker Species are, who find Means to ubit