...this kind could exist in a country that has hitherto (according to the general received opinion) been the seat of war to untutored Indians alone, whose...account as possible of this singular appearance, and leave to future explorers of these distant regions to discover whether it is a production of nature...

...the general received apinion) been the feat of war to untutored Indians alone, whofe wholî ¿lock of military knowledge has only, till within two "centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whofe only breaftwork even at prefent is the thicket, I know not. Perhaps the hints I have here given...