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dead of the night, the lover meets the fair one and perfuades her to 



run away with him ; the confequence of this affair is the birth of a 

 fine boy j the lady is in labour on the theatre and at laft a large 

 boy is exhibited, who immediately runs about the ftage with the 

 placenta and long funis umbilicalis -, which is here not conlidered 

 as indelicate, becaufe every body is acquainted with the incident, 



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the children of four or five years not excepted ; and the oddity that 



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the new-born child runs about and efcapes the midwife, whofe 

 bufinefs it is to catch him, caufes an univerfal and loud peal of 



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laughter. The girls father upon feeing the cleverriefs of his grand- 

 fen, is at lafl reconciled to his fon-in-law. 



Of this turn 



(though 



not in every particular) was the little 

 extempore farce feen by fome of our friends at ^Huaheine, and 

 which feemed to be levelled at a girl, a native of O-Raiedeay who 



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came with us from Taheitee in order to return to her parents, from 



whom fhe had eloped fom.e months before with a young Arreoy, 

 Though the piece was but rudely performed, it however put the 

 girl to fhame, and drew tears from her eyes, which naturally mufl 

 have a good tendency, efpecially with fuch perfons of her fex as 



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might be tempted to follow her example. Upon the whole, this 

 circumflance gives us a very good idea of the nation in every refped: 

 If we confider the poor girl, who was thus expofed, her baihful be- 



haviour and her tears are certainly irrefragable proofs of her modefly 



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