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emery, is much used on the continent by 

 locksmiths, gunsmiths, and other artificers 

 in iron and steel, to polish their work. This 

 wood is considered almost indestructible, and 

 on that account was formerly used in Egypt 

 and other eastern countries, for embalming 

 bodies. 



I shall conclude my account of the fig- 

 tree, by the well-known story of Timon of 

 Athens, who was called misanthrope, for his 

 aversion to mankind and to all society. He 

 once went into the public place, where his 

 appearance as an orator soon collected a 

 large assembly, when he addressed his coun- 

 trymen, by informing them that he had a 

 fig-tree in his garden, on which many of the 

 citizens had ended their lives with a halter ; 

 and that, as he was going to cut it down, he 

 advised all those that were inclined to leave 

 the world, to hasten and go hang themselves 

 in his garden. 



