ASS. 437 



tainly the times were dull when these things hap- 

 pened^ and the wits of those ages short of those 

 of ours ; when men could maintain such immu- 

 table faces, as to remain like statues under the 

 flatteries of wit, and persist unalterable at all ef- 

 forts of jocularity. The spirits of Hell, and Pluto 

 himself, whom Lucian makes to laugh at pas- 

 sages upon earth, will plainly condemn those Sa- 

 turnines, and make ridiculous the magnified He- 

 raclitus^ who wept preposterously, and made a 

 Hell on earth ; for, rejecting the consolations of 

 life, he passed his days in tears, and the uncom- 

 fortable attendments of Hell. " 



It may not be improper to observe, that the 

 Mule is nothing more than a hybrid animal, be- 

 tween this species and the Horse, differing in 

 strength, size, and beauty, according to the pre- 

 dominancy of its parental species. Mules are very 

 little used in this country, but in Spain and some 

 other parts of Europe are in much esteem, and 

 have the reputation of being remarkably sure- 

 footed. 



V. II. p. jr. 



£9 



