 perpetual Inroads of the neighbouring Yahoos.
    He said, it was common when two Yahoos discovered such a Stone in a Field,
and were contending which of them should be the Proprietor, a third would take
the Advantage, and carry it away from them both; which my Master would needs
contend to have some Resemblance with our Suits at Law; wherein I thought it for
our Credit not to undeceive him; since the Decision he mentioned was much more
equitable than many Decrees among us: Because the Plaintiff and Defendant there
lost nothing beside the Stone they contended for; whereas our Courts of Equity,
would never have dismissed the Cause while either of them had any thing left.
    My Master continuing his Discourse, said, There was nothing that rendered
the Yahoos more odious, than their undistinguishing Appetite to devour every
thing that came in their Way, whether Herbs, Roots, Berries, corrupted Flesh of
Animals, or all mingled together: And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they
were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater Distance,
than much better Food provided for them at home. If their Prey held out, they
would eat till they were ready to burst, after which Nature had pointed out to
them a certain Root that gave them a general Evacuation.
    There was also another Kind of Root very juicy, but something rare and
difficult to be found, which the Yahoos sought for with much Eagerness, and
would suck it with great Delight: It produced the same Effects that Wine hath
upon us. It would make them sometimes hug, and sometimes tear one another; they
would howl and grin, and chatter, and reel, and tumble, and then fall asleep in
the Mud.
    I did indeed observe, that the Yahoos were the only Animals in this Country
subject to any Diseases; which however, were much fewer than Horses have among
us, and contracted not by any ill Treatment they meet with, but by the Nastiness
and Greediness of that sordid Brute. Neither has their Language any more than a
general Appellation for those Maladies; which is borrowed from the Name of the
Beast, and called Hnea Yahoo, or the Yahoo's-Evil; and the Cure prescribed is a
Mixture of their own Dung and Urine, forcibly put down the Yahoo's Throat. This
I have since often known to have been taken with Success: And do here freely
recommend it to my Countrymen, for the publick Good, as an admirable Specifick
against all Diseases produced by Repletion.
    As to Learning, Government, Arts, Manufactures, and the like; my Master
