Excerpt from The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition, and Resources Colonization, * that is the occupation and tillage Of waste lands, is in accordance with the primary decree of Heaven, that man should be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it. The earliest records of mankind consist chiefly Of the history of migrations from one part Of the globe to another, as population increased, or civilization created new wants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.