Dr. Fother gill on Longevity. ^ 
of longevity than could well be imagined. The 
ingenious Mr. Wbileburft , a (lures us, from 
certain fads, that Englifhmen. are, in general, 
longer lived than North Americans; and, 
that a Britifh constitution will Jaft lonper, 
even in that climate, than a native one.* But 
it mud: be allowed in general, that the human 
conftitution is adapted to the peculiar ft ate 
and temperature, of each refpedive climate, 
fo that no part of the habitable globe can be 
pronounced too hot, or too cold, for its in¬ 
habitants. Yet, in order to promote a friendly 
intercourfe between the moft remote regions, 
the Author of Nature has wifely enabled the 
inhabitants to endure great and fuprizinc- 
changes of temperature with impunity.-f- 
2 . Foods and drink. Though foods and 
drink, of the moft fimple kinds, are allowed 
to be the beft calculated for fupportin i:r the 
body in health, yet it can hardly be doubted, 
but variety may be fafely indulged occasionally* 
provided men would reftrain their appetites 
within the bounds of temperance. For boun¬ 
tiful nature cannot be fuppofed to have poured^ 
forth fuch a rich profufion of provifions, merely 
* Enquiry into the Original State, and Formation of 
the Earth. 
t ^ ec remarkable inftances of this, in the Account of 
Experiments in a heated room, by Dr. GeorgeSordyce, and 
others. 
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