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and next, how far their condition can 

 be improved, by better regulation. 



The fhattered hovels which half the 

 poor of this kingdom are obliged to 

 put up with, is truly aifeding to a heart 

 fraught with humanity. Thofe who 

 condefcend to viiit thefe miferable te- 

 nements, can teflify, that neither health 

 or decency, can be preferved in them. 

 The weather frequently penetrates all 

 parts of them ; which muft occafion ill- 

 nefs of various kinds, particularly agues -, 

 which more frequently vifit the children 

 of cottagers than any others, and early 

 fliake their conftitutions. And it is 

 shocking, that a rnan, his wife, and half 

 a dozen children fhould be obliged to lie 

 all in one room together ; and more fo, 

 that the wife fhould have no more pri- 

 vate place to be brought to bed in. This 

 defcription is not exaggerated, ofFenfivc 

 0.3 ^s 



