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their application, Mr. Taplin may in general 

 be, he has, I fear, (rumbled as to the fignification 

 of elafticity. If he recollect., he will find there 

 are a number of things, befides a roll of pilgrim's 

 falve, and a wetted catgut, which are inelaftic, 

 and Rill capable of elongation. 



On the author's wonderful, modefl, and 

 entertaining lucubrations, under the head, 

 farcy, it is impoflible to be filent. The re- 

 marker here, who is able to preferve mild and 

 temperate language, may furely pretend to a 

 decent portion of philofophy. For my part, I 

 (hall, as before, confine myfelf, as much as 

 poffible, within the compafs of mere fa£l; 

 making few comments, but fhifting the load 

 to the fhoulders of the gentle reader, leave him 

 to fmile with pity and contempt, or frown with 

 indignation, as may happen to fuit his idioc- 

 racy of mind. 



Our great original writer quotes Bartlet as 

 follows : s: the true farcy is properly a dillem- 

 per of the blood-vefiels, which generally follows 

 the track of the veins;" and then canters on at 

 the following extraordinary rate — " What in- 

 finite fatisfaction mufl it afford every reader, 

 to be informed from the fountain-head of in- 

 ff.ruc~t.ion, that the blood-veffels generally follow 

 the track of the veins ! Anxious for informa- 

 tion, and open to conviction, I receive the 



intelligence 



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