254 R O W E L L I N G. 



Iroducing the fubjedl with a certain degree of 

 dignity annexed to its importance, by telling 

 us, *' he once thought not to have made a 

 particular chapter upon rowelling," he begins 

 and concludes that very chapter, of fo much 

 confequcncc, in tht Jingle duodecimo page 3:^1, 

 of his firft volume. In this page, and upon 

 this bufinefs, I had very much wifhed to have 

 enlarged my own ideas, and improved my 

 judgment ; more particularly, upon the ab- 

 ftrufe efFeds of a fubjeft, whofe perfonalor 

 literary advocates have been hitherto enabled 

 to advance but little in profeffional fupport of 

 their favourite operation* 



To obtain fatisfadtory information and fyf- 

 tematic knowledge upon the efficacy of 

 ROWELS, when judicioufly inferted, I have 

 been for years ftudioufly induftrious to bettet* 

 my opinion by the moft inquifi.tive . atten- 

 tion to every attempt at definition^ from 

 thofe who wTre remarkable for their exten- 

 five practice to thofe who were no lefs An- 

 gular for their illiteracy ; in anxious hope 

 tha- time^ or circutrj}a?ice, might contribute 

 more to a gratification of my wilh than 

 my cxpcdation. To avoid troubling the 

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