FABLES. 



THE FROG AND THE FOX. 



A Frog leaping out of the lake, and taking the 

 advantage of a rising ground, made a proclamation 

 to all the beasts of the forest, that he was an able 

 physician, and for curing all manner of distempers, 

 would turn his back to no person living. This dis- 

 course, with the aid of some hard cramp words, 

 which nobody understood, made the beasts admire 

 his learning, and give credit to every thing he said. 

 At last, the Fox, who was present, with indignation 

 asked him, how r he could have the impudence, with 

 those thin lanthorn jaws, that meagre pale phiz, 

 and blotched spotted body, to pretend to cure the 

 infirmities of others ? 



APPLICATION. 



A sickly and infirm look is as disadvantageous in 

 a physician, as a rakish one in a clergyman, or a 



