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opinions of religion and philofophy, which had no folid 
foundation, the race of {ceptics I refer to deem it manly 
not only to with-hold their affent from truths they do 
not underftand, but to difown and difpute the reality of 
them. They do not confider that, by fuch condué, they 
endeavour to diveft themfelves and others of their rati- 
onal faculties, and of that natural curiofity implanted in 
man by his Creator, for the wifeft purpofe, as a guide 
for inveftigating facts, in order to lead him to knowledge, 
which has given birth to difcoveries of the greateft im- 
portance to mankind. 
In anfwer to the cavils of minute philofophers, I would 
briefly remark the firft ftep to new difcoveries, is an ex- 
a&t attention to the phenomena of nature, unbiafed by 
preconceived hypothefes, and that it is as much a mark of 
a defective underftanding to admit too little for truth, up- 
on evidence, as to believe too much from credulity. 
I have been led into the above train of obfervations from 
a fingular phenomenon that may be now feen in this city, 
and which is worthy the infpection of the curious. It is 
advertifed in the public new{papers, viz. the Pennfylvania 
Gazette, May 23d, as worthy of the attention and critical 
infpection of all curious perfons, whether philofophers or 
phyficians, and particularly the latter, as it may, for what 
they know, if properly examined into, throw fome ufeful 
light upon the functions and difeafes of the animal body. 
What I refer to is an horfe with a fnake in its eye, to 
be feen in Arch-ftreet, between Sixth and Seventh ftreets, 
not only pofleffed of mere life, but endowed with a very 
brifk locomotive faculty. True philofophers will not 
treat the affertion as idle, fictitious.or romantic, but fee: 
and judge for themfelves.. 
The writer of this piece has undertaken the prefent tafk, 
on purpofe to excite every clafs of people to fatisfy them- 
felves of the reality of the fact, that when recorded in the 
very place where all have it in their power to determine its 
exiftence, on the teftimony of their own eyefight, they may 
not 
