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paradoxical), that the inhabitants of London diftin- 

 guifh more accurately, and know more on this 

 head, than of all the other parts of the ifland ta- 

 ken together. 



This feems to arife from two caufes. 



The firft is, that we have not more muiical ideas 

 which are innate, than we have of language ; and 

 therefore thofe even, who have the happinefs tar 

 have organs which are capable of receiving a gra- 

 tification from this fixth fenfe (as it hath been call- 

 ed by ibme) require, however, the bed inftruction. 



The orchefira of the opera, which is confined to 

 the metropolis, hath diffufed a good (tile of playing 

 over the other bands of the capital, which is, by 

 degrees, communicated to the fidler and ballad- 

 finger in the ftreets •, the organs in every church, 

 as well as thofe of the Savoyards, contribute like- 

 wife to this improvement of mufical faculties in the 

 Londoners. 



If the finging of the ploughman in the country 

 is therefore compared with that of the London 

 blackguard, the fuperiority is infinitely on the fide 

 of the latter ; and the fame may be obferved in 

 comparing the voice of a country girl and London 

 houfe-maid, as it is very uncommon to hear the for- 

 mer fing tolerably in tune. 



I do not mean by this, to aiTert that the inhabi- 

 tants of the country are not born with as good mu- 

 fical organs •, but only, that they have not the fame 

 opportunities of learning from others, who play 

 in tune themfelves. 



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