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fome few remarks upon the cruelty and incon- 

 fiflency of ancient pracftice ; fubmitting fuch 

 conclufions and inferences as will naturally 

 arife to thofe readers who recur to this work 

 for information, amufement, or to fink a 

 tedious hour in the ferious tafk of criticifm. 

 It has been before mentioned hew exquiiitely 

 fenfible this organ is of irritation ; and it muft 

 be admitted, no argument whatever can un- 

 dergo a more candid difcuflion than in an 

 application to our own feelings, inconve- 

 niencies, and difquietudes. To the fenfations 

 therefore of every individual I fubmit the 

 refledlion, and venture to believe there are 

 none who may honour me with a perufal of 

 thefe pages but will, by a momentary retro- 

 fpedlion, communicate to memory the recol- 

 lection of fome acute pain, or excruciating 

 anguifli, he muft, in all- probability, have 

 experienced from either the obtrufion of an 

 almoft: impalpable particle of dufl, or the at-». 

 tack of an invifible infecft. 



Revolving fuch circumftances for a few mo- 

 ments in remembrance, I claim his attention 

 to the following corroboration of that infa- 

 mous practice I have, in the courfe of this 



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