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that, of four or five children, he has only 

 one fon about 14 years of age, who works 

 with him conllantly in the colliery. 



From the time of leaving off work in the 

 mine, till that of flceping, he has regularly 

 fpcnt in unremitted labour in his farm : 

 Since his beginning he has never had more 

 than four hours fleep, and, of moon-light 

 or bright ftar-light nights, feldom fo much. 

 The regular fevcre fatigue of the colliery 

 has not been fufficient to bow down the 

 fpirit of this poor fellow; — he applies the 

 remainder of the day, and even fteals from 

 the night, to profecute his favourite works 

 of hufbandry — that is, to make up his hours 

 of work TWENTY, out of the twenty-four. 



Such a condudt required a genius of a 

 peculiar caft. Daring in his courage, and 

 fpirited in his ideas, the moft extenfive plans 

 are neither too vaft nor too complicated to 

 be embraced with facility by his bold and 

 comprehenfive imagination. With a pene- 

 tration that fees the remoteft difficulty, a 

 prudence and firmnefs of mind that removes 

 every one, the moment it is forefeen ; we 

 attribute the wonders he has performed to 

 the powers of his mind, and almoft forget 

 that the whole which is executed of his ideas, 

 has been the work of his own hands. The 

 fevereft fatigue, the moft affiduous labour 

 have been unable to quench the fire of the 

 one, or reprefs the vigour of the other. 



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