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and half old,, Caroline Fowler, a daughter of 

 the printer. EGO may be thought, too con- 

 spicuous throughout. To describe what I 

 have seen and felt, what I have heard, 

 what I knew, and what I thought; it was 

 necessary to have frequent recourse to the 

 monosyllable /; but I hope it will not be 

 thought that I have used it in any instance 

 from vanity. I have borrowed occasionally 

 from other books, but I have done it en- 

 tirely with the view of corroborating, or elu- 

 cidating my own observations. My sole 

 motive for writing the book, has been to 

 wile away a few of the many tedious hours 

 during a long sickness, with an anxious de- 

 sire to amuse the public, and to fulfil the du- 

 ty of a professional man, by exerting the 

 little ability I possess, for the good of my 

 fellow creatures. 



Quicquid ad Eoos tractus, mundique teporem 

 Labitur, emollit gentes dementia cocla. 



LUC. 



F I N I S. 



