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This circumstance, of very little conse^ 

 quence in itself, is introduced to corrobo- 

 rate the assertion, that rowels are frequently 

 and injudiciously brought into practice, with- 

 out reason in the operator, or reflection in 

 the owner ; who^ generally alarmed upon 

 every slight occasion, seizes the first twig of 

 consolation, without giving the matter such 

 consideration as would enable him to recol- 

 lect e^vevy probable remedy should have rea- 

 son for its foundation ; upon \\\^ prospect of 

 which he would certainly be, in most cases, 

 as capable of deciding as his scientific 

 INSTRUCTOR. But what renders the reci- 

 tal of so trivial a business applicable to our 

 present purpose is, the expeditious cure that 

 must inevitably have been attributed to the 

 ROWEL, with no small portion of colla- 

 teral merit to those useful auxiliaries, the 

 sulphur and nitre, had they been (luckily for 

 the adviser) concerned in a work, that na- 

 ture would so frequently perform by her 

 own efforts, if not incessantly counteracted 

 by those who neither comprehend her eco- 

 nomy, nor condescend to consult her indi- 

 cations. 



