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what rcfources and to what means will not 
beneficence have recourfe ! and how great is 
its ingenuity, w^hen it.;:wifhes to difFufe its 
bleffings ! I was very much aftonilTied when, 
perceiving that they preferved the liquor 
without fwallowingit5lfaw them all approach 
their companions, who had received no (hare, 
and diftribute it to them with their mouths, 
in the fame manner as the tender birds of 
li^eaven feed their young with their bills. 
This unexpefted adion, I confefs, threw me 
into great agitation, and I remained aftonifh- 
ed : for, on the fight of this afFedting fcene, 
what heart is there fo unnaturally hardened 
as would not have melted into tears? Filled 
with admiration and refpedl, and moved to 
the bottom of my foul, I threw myfelf into 
the arms of the chief, who like the reft had 
juft {hared his liquor with thofe who fur- 
rounded him, and I bedewed his venerable 
perfon with my tears. Ye fine prattlers, ye 
elegant coquettes, perfumed with amber and 
mufk, exclaim as ye pleafe, and exhibit your 
charming grimaces ! Dilorders of the fto- 
mach, vapours, and all the evils of debili- 
tated health, the ufual confequences of a 
debauched 
