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Tailors and mantua makers, in these inventive 

 times, seem to vie with each other, who can pro- 

 duce the greatest mis-shapes in dress. Actually, 

 men's coats are now recommended for their sup- 

 posed elegance, and use, which if they had been 

 worn in the days of my early youth, would have 

 subjected the wearer of them, to the appellation of 

 an incorrigible clown. 



And as for our ladies' dresses, from the waist 

 downwards, should their rotundity increase, our 

 doors must be made wider. If air in the bones of 

 birds assists their ascent into the vault of heaven, 

 (strange doctrine) then let us hope, that, inflated 

 tubes may have the happy effect, of keeping ladies 

 garments clear of mire. 



Well then, kind reader, pardon the length, — 

 perhaps the insufficiency of these uninteresting 

 remarks ; and let us wish health and prosperity 

 to the population of Scarbro'. 



But, you will undoubtedly ask me, are there 

 no drawbacks to the many advantages which, you 

 tell us, this charming town possesses ? — Is all an 

 earthly paradise? — Have its ocean -breezes, its 

 baths, its walks, and its sands, no permanent or 

 occasional obstacles to dull the edge of expectation ? 

 They tell us, that, metheglin may sometimes chance 

 to have a few drops of acid in it ; and that, where 



