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138 reading memorandums. Nov. 2%. 
nor would Carthage now have been the seat of pi- 
rates. 
Vthall perhaps request the. indulgence of the Edi-. 
tor of the Bee a little farther, and at a future period 
say something of the manner of making sales of 
goods at the Customhouse and Excise Offices, which 
has much connection. with the subject of which I. 
have now treated. 
Leith, 1792. TRADER PoritTicaL. 
READING MEMORANDUMS, 
s¢ Tue late king of France, rallying one of his emis 
nently learned and’ accomplifhed courtiers, on his 
attachment to books, to philosophy, and literature, 
saidto him: ‘* 4 quot donc sert la philosophte 2” 
* Sire.” replied he, ‘ elle fatt a mon esprit ce que vos 
perdrix font a mes joues.’ 
Admirable answer! Philosophy and literature 
are the food of the soul, and without them the spirit 
of a man becomes emaciated and deformed. Are 
women exempted from this. remark ? 
- By no means.—A woman whose mind does not’ 
receive the same nourifhment,. must soon cease to be 
a rational creature. 
A beautiful toy et best when fhe is young :—~if 
without it, in old age, fhe must become a cumberer of 
the earth. B. 
