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died soon after, at London, in 1635, being 152 years and 

 nine months old, and having lived under nine kings of Eng- 

 land. His body was opened by Dr. Harvey and found to be 

 in the most perfect state. His great grandson died at Cork 

 a few years ago, at the age of 103, [and another of his de- 

 scendants at 120,] showing the great fact of transmissible 

 stamen vitas." 



The other instance adduced by Haller has, from Hufeland, 

 a more special notice, from which it appears that both these 

 modern patriarchs were Englishmen. He says : " In the year 

 16TO died Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire. He remembered 

 the battle of Floddenfield in 1513, and at that time was 

 twelve years of age. It was proved, from the registers of the 

 Chancery and other courts, that he had appeared, 140 years 

 before his death, as an evidence, and had an oath adminis- 

 tered to him. At the time of his death, he was, therefore, 169 

 years old. His last occupation was fishing, and when above 

 the age of 100, he was able to swim across rapid rivers."* 



Hufeland presents us with a most interesting list of vete- 

 rans, which he says is taken chiefly from Bacon's "Historia 

 Vitas et Mortis." Draakenberg, a Dane, born in 1626, lived 

 to be 146 years old. He was a seaman till his 91st year, 

 and suffered slavery in Turkey for 15 years. At 111 he 

 married a woman of threescore, whom he outlived, and " at 

 130 years fell in love with a young country girl, who, as may 

 well be supposed, rejected his proposal. He made, unsuc- 

 cessfully, several other attempts in this line, but concluded to 

 finish his life alone." "In the year 115T, J. Effingham died 

 in Cornwall in the 144th year of his age." Born poor, he 

 was brought up to labor, and served as a soldier and cor- 

 poral. He ended his days as day-laborer, had been tem- 

 perate, and " in his youth had never drank strong and heat- 

 ing liquors." " In the 1792 died, in the Duchy of Holstein, 

 an industrious day-laborer, named Stender, in the 103d 

 year of his age." He lived on oatmeal and buttermilk, 

 mostly ate flesh much salted, seldom drank, was fond of 

 * "Art of Prolonging Life?' 



