£54 ROWELLING. 



usual custom ; and after introducing the sub- 

 ject with a certain degree of dignity an- 

 nexed to its importance, by telHng us, '' he 

 once thought not to have made a particular 

 cliapter upon rowelHng, he begins and con^ 

 dudes that very chapter, of so much conse- 

 quence, in the single ducdecimo page 321, of 

 his first volume. In tliis page, and upon 

 this business, I had very much wished to have 

 enlarged my own ideas, and improved my 

 judgment ; more particularly upon the ab- 

 struse effects of a subject, av hose personal or 

 literary advocates have .been hitherto enabled 

 to advance but little in professional^ support 

 of their favourite operation. 



To obtain satisfactory information and 

 ijystematic knowledge upon the efficacy of 

 KowELs, \yhen judiciously inserted, I have 

 been for years studiously industrious to 

 better my opinion by the most inquisitive 

 attention to every attempt at dejinition^ from 

 those who were remarkable for their exten- 

 sive practice to tb.ose who were no less sin- 

 gular for their illiteracy : in anxious liope 

 that timey or circumstance, liVight contribute 

 more to a gratification of my wish than 



