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irhe had obferved that on the firft of June 1770 it had rained in' 

 Edinburgh, and a witnefs depofed that it did not rain on that 

 day at London, nor in Edinburgh on the firft of June 1771. But 

 if he means the fame numerical fad, there may indeed be a con- 

 tradidion, but there will be no counterpoife nor mutual deftruc- 

 tion of belief and authority, for he afluredly will adhere to his 

 own experience,, and hold the contradidory teftimony at nought.. 



r SHALL take no notice of the proverbial faying at Rome rela-- 

 tive to Cato, as every one knows fuch trite fayings are loofe modeff 

 of exprellion, and never ftridly and literally taken, 



P. 345. " The Indian Prince, who refufed to believe the firft' 



" relation concerning the effeds of froft (in Holland), reafoned 



" juftly. It naturally required very ftrong teftimony txx engage- 



" his affent to fads, which arofe from a ftate of nature with which 



" he was not acquainted, and bore fo little analogy to thofe events 



" of which he had conftant and uniform experience: — though they 



" v/ere not contrary to his experience, they were not conformable 



" to it." 



A'ccoRBiNG to Mr. Hume's principles, certainly this Indian 

 prince (the king of Siam) reafoned very juftly, and fliould not ad-- 

 mit that water was converted into ice by any degree of cold, upon 

 any teftimony; nor does it appear that he ever did admit it. 



Neither. 



