i66 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



whole parifli where it was not formerly" 

 known. 



The foregoing defcription of the dif- 

 temper is lo plain, that no body of com- 

 mon difcernment can be at a lofs to know* 

 it. The ways by which it is communi- 

 cated are likewife fo obvious, that the me- 

 thods of prevention mull be fo too. As 

 prevention is the principal thing in view, 

 a few hints ihall be fuggcfted in relation 

 to it. Thefe duly attended to, may, in 

 time, go a great way to extinguilh the dif- 

 eafe- 



All mafters and miftrefles of families 

 ihould be very attentive whom they re- 

 ceive into their houfes as fervants. Let 

 them be fure that fuch are neither infedl- 

 ed, nor have had any communication 

 with infected perfons or places. It be- 

 longs to them, moreover, in their fami- 

 lies, to enjoin the moft cleanly methods 

 of doing, to fet an example themfelves, 

 and to fee that their injundlions be flritft- 

 ly obferved. 



Servants, on the other hand, as their 

 bread and chara(51;cr3 depend upon it, 



ought-. 



