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temporary invalids or confirmed valetudi- 

 narians ; from living or rather exifting in a 

 fcene of almofl total darknefs, they approach 

 the light v/ith reludance, and every new 

 objed: with additional apprehenfion. They 

 walk, or rather totter out of the liable in a 

 ftate of debilitation and ftiffnefs of the extre- 

 mities, as if threatened with univerfal lame- 

 nefs. The legs are fwelled from the knees 

 and hocks downwards, to the iitmoft ^xpan* 

 fion of the integument; which, with the dry 

 and contracfted ftate of the narrow-heeled hoof ^ 

 bears no ill affinity to the overloaded fhoe of 

 AN OPULENT ALDERMAN, when emerging 

 from the excruciating admonitions of a gouty 

 monitor. Upon more accurate infpection, 

 we find the lift of happy effeds ftill increafed 

 with thofe ufual concomitants, inveterate 

 cracks^ running thmjh^ very frequently ac- 

 companied by a hufRy fliort cough, or afthma- 

 tic difficulty of refpiration, in gradual progref- 

 fion to a broken wind ; and the long lift of 

 inferior et ceteras, that conftitute the invaria- 

 ble advantages of ftable difcipline, diredly 

 contrary to every eftabliftied rule that can 

 be laid down for the promotion of ease, 



HEALTH, and INVIGORATION. 



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