Dr. Fothergill on Longevity. 359 
Mr. Carew, in his furvey of Cornwall, affures 
us, that it is no unufual thing, with the inhabit¬ 
ants of that county, to reach ninety years of age 
and upwards, and even to retain their ftrength 
of body, and perfect ufe of their fenfes. Belides 
Brown , the Cornifh beggar, who lived to one 
hundred and twenty, and one Polezew to one 
hundred and thirty years of age, he remembered 
the deceafe ofifour perfons in his own parifh, the 
fum of whofe years, taken colle&ively, amounted 
to three hundred and forty. Now, although 
longevity evidently prevails more in certain 
difirifls than in others, yet it is, by no means, 
confined to any particular nation or climate - 3 
nor are there wanting infiances of it, in almoft 
every quarter of the globe, as appears from the 
preceding, as well as the fubfequent table. 
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