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, whereof the two firt are common to all Animals, and the lat chiefly attends Man living in a State of Society. It is even obervable in regard to Infancy, that the Mother being able to carry her Child about with her, wherever he goes, can perform the Duty of a Nure with a great deal les Trouble, than the Females of many other Animals, who are obliged to be contantly going and coming with no mall Labour and Fatigue, one Way to look out for their own Subitence, and another to uckle and feed their young ones. True it is that, if the Woman happens to perih, her Child is expoed to the greatet Danger of perihing with her; but this Danger is common to a hundred other Species, whoe young ones require a great deal of Time to be able to provide for themelves; and if our Infancy is longer than theirs, our Life is longer likewie; o that, in this repect too, all Things are