one old Building in it, which has not at leaſt an equal Number of Rooms under ground as above, and ſometimes as much, if not more, richly ornamented with Carvings, and the Floors covered with Stone of different Colours, which makes them appear as if inlaid, and are very beautiful to the Eye. This therefore one may be bold to ſay without injuring the Truth, that however unpolite and ſavage those who now call themſelves the Natives of Man may be, it had in it, in ſome Ages of the World, Perſons of the moſt delicate and elegant Taſte, and who in all their Cuſtoms ſavoured of a Diſpoſition rather inclined to the Romantick than the Ruſtick, as they are at this Time degenerated, even to the greateſt degree that can be imagined.
My Reader will eaſily perceive how little I derogate from the Genteelneſs of their Manners, when I ſhall tell him that Knives, Forks, or Spoons, are Things in ſo little Uſe with them, that at thoſe Houſes which are counted the beſt, (excepting the Governour's, the Bishop's, and the Lord Steward's) you ſhall not find above three or four Knives at a Table,
where,
