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they put them up to the middle in a hole dug 

 out of the earth, and Hned with Hnen ; their 

 arms, by this contrivance, were at full liberty ; 

 and they could move their heads, and bend their 

 bodies, without falling, or hurting themfelves. 

 As foon as they were able to ftep, the breaft was 

 prefented to them at a little diftance, to entice 

 them to walk. The children of Negroes are 

 often expofed to greater difficulties before they 

 can approach the nipple ; they cling round one 

 of the mother's haunches with their knees and 

 legs ; they adhere fo fall, that they fupport 

 themfelves without the affiftance of the mother ; 

 they lay hold of the breaft with their hands ; 

 and they continue to fuck without inconveni- 

 ence or danger of falling, though the mother 

 moves about or works at her ordinary labour. 

 Thefe children begin to walk or rather to creep, 

 on their hands and knees, at the end of the fe- 

 cond month ; and, by exercife, they acquire the 

 faculty of running, in this fituation, with nearly 

 equal quickners as they do upon their feet. 



Infants, recently after birth, fleep much ; but 

 their Deep is often interrupted. As they like wife 

 require frequent nourifhment, they ought to 

 have the breaft once every two hours during the 

 day, and, in the night, as often as they awake. 

 At firft, they fleep almoft continually ; and they 

 feem never to awake but when ftimulated by 

 hunger or pain : Their fleep, therefore, gene- 

 rally terminates by a fit of crying. As, in the 



cradle, 



