MISCELLANEOUS. 



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of the husband's or father's, and 

 they spend not only one or two 

 nights in that house, but even 

 a whole week ; and in such a 

 house, although the master is pro- 

 hibited entering the apartments 

 where they are, yet the young 

 men of fifteen, belonging to the 

 family or relations, under the name 

 of children, have free access, and 

 eat with, and enter into the amuse- 

 ments of their guests. 



Seve7ith, " Their share in the 

 children, by law." For if a di- 

 vorce happens, the sons go to the 

 father, and the daughters to the 

 mother ; contrary to the custom 

 here, where, if a divorce takes 

 place, the mother, who for twenty 

 years may have toiled and con- 

 sumed herself in bringing up her 

 children, has to abandon all to the 

 father, and, full of grief and af- 

 fliction, leave his house. 



Eighth, «' The ease, both by 

 law and custom, with which the 

 wife may separate herself from 

 her husband, when there may be 

 a quarrel between them, without 

 producing a divorce." Thus the 

 wife, in an hour's time after the 

 dispute, sets off with the children 

 and her property to the house of 

 her father or relations, and, until 

 the husband makes her satisfac- 

 tion, she does not return : and 

 this she can always do without a 

 moment's delay. 



Besides these eight, as above 

 noticed, of the superior advan- 

 tages the Asiatic women enjoy 

 over the European, there are 

 many others, here omitted for 

 brevity's sake. What has been 

 said, is enough for people of dis- 

 cernment. Farewell. 



" I'll fondly 7)/ace on either eye, 

 " The man that can to this reply." 



Character of the Lounger. 



[From Dr. Drake's Essays on the Ram- 

 bler.] 



The papers which compose this 

 work may be considered as a con- 

 tinuation of the Mirror ; they are 

 written, with the exception of 

 only three or four essays, by the 

 members and correspondents of 

 the Mirror Club, and they par- 

 take of the character and merits of 

 their prototype. The first num- 

 ber of the Lounger appeared on 

 Saturday, February the 5th, 1785; 

 and it was published weekly on 

 that day for nearly two years, the 

 last essay, No. 101, being dated 

 January the 6th, 1787. 



To the experienced pen of Mr. 

 Mackenzie this series of essays is 

 even still more indebted than was 

 the former ; fifty-four entire num- 

 bers of the Lounger are the com- 

 position of this gentleman, and 

 he assisted in the construction of 

 eight more. The entire papers 

 are, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 15, 17, 20, 

 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 

 38, 40, 41, 45, 48, 50, 51, 54, 

 56, 5S, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 

 69, 72, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 

 84, 87, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 

 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101 ; those 

 in which he assisted, Nos. 8, 25, 

 42, 44, 53, 55, 74, and 85. 



In humour, pathos, and deline- 

 ation of character, the essays of 

 Mr. Mackenzie in the Lounger, 

 are not inferior to those which he 

 contributed to the Mirror. No. 

 15, descriptive of the Phusalopha- 

 gos, or Toad-eater; Nos. 17, 36, 

 56, and 62, depicting the family 

 of the Mushrooms; No. 45, con- 

 taining the narrative of Jeremiah 

 Dy-soon ; No. 78, on the restless 

 activity of Mr. Bustle ; No. 98, 



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