1800.] 1 Abe Spip Tranſit. 405

know the do&or was a chemical and pharmaceutical genius, and would not have jumbled ſuch izcongruous matters into one diſh— we are therefore almoſt certain it was written by the old woman herſelf: next, we peeped at Betty Raffle and her contemporaries— but found ro fat uſed or recommended: laſtiy, we fled with ‘avidity, under a ſanguine hope, to the modern works of Jacky Farley—but pho!—all a fudge—nothing but Ciſfappointment— remove the fat and add butter is the language of Jacky when the palate requires greafing; hence you ſeé, the ſad, forlocn predica- ment we are in; and it is the objz& of this our petition, humbly to requeſt theſe noted traders of cattle and feeding ſocieties, Mr. T. Weſton or Mr. T. anybody, to inſtru us how to uſe this luſcious meat, which is ſo unwarily and affiduouſly impoſed upon us, that this fat-feeding ſyſtem may have more of the appearance of conſiſtency, and be truly praiſe-worthy to thoſe concerned; for it cannot be either confiitent or praiſe-worthy, unleſs the utility can be proved on better grounds af reaſoning then we have bad hitherto. If nothing further tending to this grand point can be done; it is purely ridiculous to purſue this ſyſtem; beſides, this is not a period to waſte wholeſome food on cattle, when every pro- dudtion of our country is-ſo uncommonly ſcarce and dear: We humbly petition therefore, that no further attempts will be made to extend this rarece ſhow, but let it reſt where it is, and what it is —a fiddy faddy, by which the public at large ought not to be in- jured, but only for a few curious people to fare at, and fondle with, as connoiſſeurs do over the beautiful tints of butterflies, auri- culas, and carnations, which are equally(in the preſent ſtate of things) as important to the world, as Mr. T, Weſton’s fat oxen, heifers, and other overgrown animals, We reſt, Mr. Editor, Your humble petitioners, and humble ſervants, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF Us. Dec. 8, 1800. We requeſt an anſwer from Mr. T. Weſton to theſe petitioners. Perhaps he can prove. that they miſtake their own intereſt. LA LE E E EE 220 THE SHIP TRANSIT. To the Editor of the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine. SLRs BY ſome unlucky circumſtance, the tranſcriber of the account of the Tranſit in your laſt number, has tranſpoſed the terms Lee- ¡reches and Weather-leeches:—they ought to change places, and thereby be made to fate a diredly contrary affertion. Be pleaſed to inſert the following errata; réqueſting the poſſeſſors of No. 16, to immediately correct the ſame with a pen. NAUuTICUS. TPErrata.—Page 321, lines 18, 16, 4,(from the bottom) for‘“ lee-leeches’’—

write—weather-lceeches. And, in line 17,(from the bottom) for‘“ weather- leeches’=—write—lce-leechess