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infilled upon it, was entitled to the prefer- 

 ence, as the original inventor, and confe- 

 quently X.o all the credit and emolument ; the 

 mafter, (but not without fome relu6lance) fub- 

 mitted to the equity of John's decifion, who 

 feparated his mafter's head from the body mod 

 chirurgically-y when, having plentifully /^^^^/ 

 both bead and trunk with the elixir of all 

 elixirs^ he inftantly replaced it; when, to the 

 happy admiration of both mafter and man, the 

 former (after a temporary torpitude) recover- 

 ing, walked towards the looking-glafs, where, 

 finding his face turned towards the fhoulderSy 

 accufed his confidant of having put his head 

 on the WRONG way; who mod prudently 

 and judicioufly replied, he had fo placed it to 

 enfure his mafler's credit-^ for he was very 

 certain if he had not, the world would never 

 have believed it had been off. 



I am induced once more to folicit pardon 

 qf the Academy of Sciences, M. La Fosse, 

 and the admirers of Bartlet's theory, for 

 the introdudlion of this " experiment and im- 

 " provement," fubmitting the inference en- 

 tirely to thofe gentlemen who have (unluckily 

 2X this moment) glandered horfes in their pof- 

 feffions. 



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