6 The Bp of ClogherV Ohjeciions confidered. 



broad, and might therefore be ealily travelled over in one 

 Night's Time, agreeably to the Scripture Hiftory. Whereas 

 your Lordfhip, (p. X78.) by making the Front and the Rear 

 to have been at twenty or twenty two Miles Diftance, fuppofes 

 that they required two Nights and one Day. But, as an Army 

 of above two Millions will eafily march in the Space of one 

 Square Mile, there is no Occalion of extending them to fo 

 great a Length, or allowing them confequently fo long a Time 

 for their Paffage. Neither can I agree with your Lordfhip, 

 after fo much has been faid to the contrary {Trav. p. in- ) 

 that the SelaVy which we render §^aihy fliould rather, from 

 their ugly Sight, {fPtfd.i6. i. ) be taken for Locufts. For 

 this Defcription will better accord with the Food of the 

 Ifraelites breeding Worms and {linking, and thereby becom- 

 ing loathfome to the Sight, than with any fuppofed Uglinefs 

 in the Shape of the Selav themfelves , whether they were 

 Locufts, Quails, or other Animals. 



But, my Lord, I am now unwarily drawn into a Difpute 

 wherein I am not immediately concerned : my Intention 

 being only to clear up fuch Obfervations, in which you have 

 been pleafed to charge me, by Name, with being miftaken ; 

 and therefore I thought myfelf obliged to take this Liberty 

 of vindicating myfelf: being with all Duty and Regard, 



My lord. 



Your Lordship's 



Moft Obliged and moft Obedient 

 Humble Servant, 



St, Edmund-Hally Oxon. 

 June II. 1747. 



THOMAS SHAW. 



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