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their mothers, whofe milk mud be more agree^ 

 able to them than that of any other woman ; 

 for the foetus is nourifhed in the womb with a 

 li(}uor which has a great refemblance to the 

 milk in the breafts. Thus the infant is, in fome 

 meafure, accnftcmed to the milk of the mother, 

 even before its birth. But the milk of another 

 woman is not only new to the child, but is often 

 of fo different a nature, that it is difficult to re- 

 concile the child to the ufe of a ftranger's milk. 

 V7e fometimes fee children, who cannot digeft 

 the milk of certain women, languifh and turn 

 difeafed ; and, if they are not fpeedily fupplied 

 with another nurfe, they foon perifh. 



Nothincr can be more deflrudive to children 

 than the pradice of crowding numbers of them 

 into the fame hofpital. Mod of them die of in- 

 fectious difeaks, which they would certainly 

 cfcape, if they were brought up in feparate 

 houfeSj and particularly at a diftance from great 

 towns. The fame expence would be fufficient 

 to fupport them; and numberlefs citizens, which 

 conftitule the riches of a ftate, would, by this 

 fimple and natural mode of treatment, be faved 

 to the public. 



Children begin the difficult tafk of learning 

 to fpeak about the 12th or 15th month. They 

 pronounce the vowel A with moft facility, be- 

 caufe it requires only the opening of the mouthy 

 and forcing out the air. E requires the tongue 



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