<P> The work goes into great detail about the wildlife, plants, "majestic land forms like the mountains", and other natural features, such as streams and the sea, both of which offered a seemingly endless amount of food . Smith appealed to the idea of the wilderness as a refuge, even if the riches were hard - earned, which was something that the religious refugees needed to hear at the time of their leaving their native countries . </P> <P> The New World was a dangerous place when the settlers first arrived, with harsh weather, many Indian tribes, and wild animals, but the amount of resources that was available, or as available as Smith said that they were, was itself almost worth the trip . Smith describes the purest waters, "proceeding from the entrails of rocky mountains ." He describes the amount of food that was available for the taking: "in the harbors we frequented, a little boy might take of...such delicate fish, at the ship's stern, more than six or ten can eat in a day; but with a casting net (we took) thousands when we pleased ..." </P> <P> It was a place where the settlers believed they were free to start their lives over and turn their lives completely over to God and his will for them . Even if Smith didn't believe in God necessarily, he was careful to include the ideas of God and religion in the work, as it was something that the majority of the population valued in their lives . Smith further encouraged the settlers by telling them that there can be no better reward than "planting and building a foundation for his posterity, got from the rude earth by God's blessing in his own industry, without prejudice to any?" This is similar to the idea of Manifest Destiny that prompted the migration west in the 19th century . </P> <P> Smith successfully goaded many English by saying that "it (living in Virginia) is not a work for everyone...it requires all the best parts of art, judgement, courage, honesty, constancy, diligence, and industry to do but near well ." </P>

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