hey met with, and so
fell into fluxes, fevers, and the belly ache; and then, to spare their
own indiscretion, they in their tarpaulin language, cry, God d----m the
country. This is the true state of the case, as to the complaints of its
being sickly; for, by the most impartial observation I can make, if
people will be persuaded to be temperate, and take due care of
themselves, I believe it is as healthy a country as any under heaven:
but the extraordinary pleasantness of the weather, and plenty of the
fruit, lead people into many temptations. The clearness and brightness
of the sky, add new vigor to their spirits, and perfectly remove all
splenetic and sullen thoughts. Here they enjoy all the benefits of a
warm sun, and by their shady trees are protected from its inconvenience.
Here all their senses are entertained with an endless succession of
native pleasures. Their eyes are ravished with the beauties of naked
nature. Their ears are serenaded with the perpetual murmur of brooks,
and the thorough-base which the wind plays, when it wantons through the
trees; the merry birds too, join their pleasing notes to this rural
comfort, especially the mock birds, who love society so well, that often
when they see mankind, they will perch upon a twig very near them, and
sing the sweetest wild airs in the world. But what is most remarkable in
these melodious animals, if they see a man take notice of them, they
will frequently fly at small distances, warbling out their notes from
perch to perch, be it house or tree convenient, and sometimes too fly
up, to light on the same again, and by their music make a man forget the
fatigues of his mind. Men's taste is regaled with the most delicious
fruits, which, without art, they have in great variety and perfection.
And then their smell is refreshed with an eternal fragrancy of flowers
and sweets, with which nature perfumes and adorns the woods and branches
almost the whole year round.

Have you pleasure in a garden? All things thrive in it most
surprisingly; you can't walk by a bed of flowers, but besides the
entertainment of their beauty, your eyes will be saluted with the
charming colors and curiosity of the humming bird, which revels among
the flowers, and licks off the dew and honey from their tender leaves,
on which it only feeds. Its size is not half so large as an English
wren, and its color is a glorious shining mixture of scarlet, green and
gold.

Sec. 80. On the other side, all