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bilky. It is thus that almoft every ill is, 

 in fome degree, alleviated by an atten- 

 dant advantage. 



Though the Indians are but little ac- 

 quainted with midwifery, Nature has 

 happily rendered it unneceflary, as a dif- 

 ficult or painful birth is fcarce ever 

 known, nothing more being neceffary 

 than to receive the infant when it fpon- 

 taneoufly prefents itfelf, and divide the 

 umbilic veflels, which they do with a 

 brand of fire, which cauterizes their 

 orifices, and renders a ligature unnecef- 

 fary. On thefe occafions the women fuf- 

 fer fo little, that they feem to have 

 been exempted from the fentence of 

 bringing forth in forrow, which was pro- 

 nounced on Eve, and is inflicted on all 

 the females of civilized countries. The 

 mother and new born infant, when de- 

 livered, are carried, and plunged into 

 the water, and the next day the former 



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