MIDWIFERY* 



m 



of llii' soil, fmiii linviiig no natural |)toductioiis 



wnrf fiy <4 riiltivatioii.* 



The rollt)wiiJg is tlic practico. of niiihvifery, as 

 i observed it among tlie native tribes, more 

 parti<nda% tltose itihaMtJog the Yu, Uvahevm- 

 bidgee, and Turn at countries. 



Wlien. a I'eiiialc h m lalioiir f^lio leaves tlie 

 camp alone, ami, slioiilil any assistanee l)e re* 

 tjuireil, shejcaUs anotJier I'umulc to lier. When 



tlic oitiM. h hcmt teafeerfeWi, ni plaeoiataj it 

 $epat^ited fim iiie mvel-sta^logv ^ umbilical 



cord, by scraping or rud^y eutting it with a 

 shelly and tbe cord is hsk pmding to some 



Thnsf phiKinthropicilKliVi^lials whotJlixik to clTange the 

 habits ol' these savage IrJte^ eai^pQ^f^ ^{$86 wlio have lived 

 fnwn tfte eafllest perfdfl of their &dmnce m the produce of 

 the chase, to ahamluu their wandering lite, and settle down 

 t(j cpltiv^ite tliq soil — an employineat to whicli they are quite 

 •dhaccustoiTied— cah ftevfei- have r^ected how diificult, even 

 ill our I>oasted civihzed state, it is to change habits acqilirad 

 in early childhood. " Men," observes Hartley, in his Essays 

 on Man, (page 190,) " arc brought to any thing almost sooner 

 than to clifitige t&£ilr^BftI^ <«rBi;bre^»edatt^w1^ lliedtailge 

 is either inconvenient or made against the force of natural 

 inelination, or with the loss of accustomed indulgences. It 

 is," l»e «a«ntii)t]es» the titost i^SSeak of all ^lugs to txmm 



uwu from vicious hubils to virtnons ones, as every one may 

 judge from what he ieols in bimsciras well as from what he 

 $ecs in otIterB/* « It is 4m^' says Paley, met mvkmg 

 the iibove quotaiion in his &i^denoe$ of Christianity, llk^ 

 muUing men over ajgdu." 



