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out of the bag, the open end ought to be made 

 with an open hem, that the firing may run the 

 more readily, and faften tightly about the neck. 



It would be improper to quit the fubjed with- 

 out mentioning the origin of this ftrange difco- 

 very, which was owing to a woman near Hunger- 

 .Jcrdy who labored under a cancerous complaint 

 in her bread, which had long baffled all applica- 

 tions. 



The account flie gives of the manner in which 

 fhe came by her knowledge is fmgular, and I may 

 fay apocryphal. She fays of herfelf, that in the 

 height of her diforder (he went to fome church 

 where there was a vaft crowd : on going into a 

 pew, fhe was accofted by a (Irange clergyman, who, 

 after exprefTing compafTion for her fituation, told 

 her that if fhe would make fuch an application 

 of living toads * as abovementioned, (he would be 

 well. 



This dark (lory is all we c^n colledl relating to 

 the affair. It is our opinion that fhe ftumbled up- 

 on the difcovery by accident, and that having fet 

 up for a cancer do6trefs, fhe thought it necefTary to 



* I have been told that fhe not only made ufe of living 

 toads, but permitted the dead ones to remain at her breall, 

 by way of cataplafms, for fome weeks. 



I have been informed that the relation of this flrange 

 method of cure was brought over a few years ago by one 

 of our foreign miniflers; and that there is alfo notice taken 

 of it in Whieler'% Travels, 



amufe 



