250 M KM (MRS OF 



fhould iubfcribe to raife it, fince the county 

 of Stafford has been fo materially benefited 

 by his fuccefsful plans ; but in the above 

 eulogium, Dr. Darwin has given him a 

 more enduring memorial than ftone or 

 marble could beftow. 



The mechanifm of the pump is next 

 defcribed with curious ingenuity. Com- 

 mon as is the machine, it is not unworthy 

 of a place in this fplendid compofition, as 

 being, after the finking of wells, the earlieft 

 of thofc inventions, which, in fituations 

 of exterior aridnefs, gave ready acceffion to 

 water. This familiar object is illuftrated 

 by a picture of Maternal Beauty adminif- 

 tering fuftenance to her Infant. To that 

 fucceeds an energetic reproof, and pathetic 

 admonition to mothers in affluent life, 

 whom indolence, or diflipation, feduces to 

 the unnatural neglect of that delightful 

 duty. For an infant flumbering on the 

 maternal bofom which has nourished him, 



there 



