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«« The fame obſervations are equally applicable to the fate of the P00; whoſe children, expoſed to hardſhips, appear in perfe& healthz- but when we conſider the numbers of weakly children that fäll mar- tyrs to their ſituation, we ſhall, I hope, no longer contend that pover- ty is congenial to health.

€ The ſatiated moraliſt and epicurean phyſician may both write as long as they pleaſe againſt what is invidiouſly called pride and luxu- try; but if I am to give my opinion on this ſubjeâ, I have no doubt but on an impartial inguiry, theſe râtional dictates of nature will be found of more importance than has in general been repreſented;¡— they are both very laudable inducements to induſtry, and become the Juſt reward of our reciprocal ſervices. What is malevolently called pride is the grand ſpur to cleanlineſs and external decency, which in many inſtances will prove a great protedtion to our health againſt the intruſion of diſeaſe; and what is cenſoriouſly called luxury is no more than a rational cultivation of the diâates of nature, to ſupply the ir- reliſtible calls of appetite with palatable wholeſome food, for the pre- fervation of health and ftrength, and the due performances of all the important duties of human life.—It is a principle that may be traced from the palace to the cottage, and may juſtly be conſidered one of the brighteſt links in the chain of civilized ſociety, which is inſepa- rably cemented with the main-ſpring of human happineſs.”

As if in defiance or contempt of certain late humane propoſals of reſtri@ion by a celebrated political arithmetician, he adds:

<‘The propagation of the human ſpecies may be looked upon as the commencement of immortality, which is a buſineſs too ſacred for the laws of man to preſcribe the bounds. It is one of the great prin- ciples of nature implanted at the creation, and may juſtly be conſider=- ed one of the firſt commands of God.??

With much propriety, alſo, he reprehends the ſtupid pradtice of in- Juring the health and procreative powers of tups, by exhibiting them in ſuch a monſtrous ſtate of obeſity.‘To conclude, we adviſe all our readers to purchaſe this book; in the firſt place, for the ſake of the amuſement it contains, in the ſecond, as a deacon.

HLS LOs Beal

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Agriculture.

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LONDON, JULY 12, 1806.

Lean cattle are till low in price, and flow in ſale. Hay is not very abundant. The proſped of the crop of barley and oats 18 not yet the moſt promiſing. The late rains have advanced the ſecond growth of the meadows