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and dirty fritter, of which the Amsterdam beggars are so 

 fond." 



We are assured that the grooms in India defend their 

 horses from the flies by rubbing them every morning with 

 the flowers of the pumpkin. 



The Jugglers, or quacks, in some parts of America, 

 extract the pulp out of pompions, and fill them with flint 

 stones, with which they make a great noise, and pretend 

 to frighten away all the complaints of their superstitious 

 patients. 



