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was not witling to eat more at that time,' and I would? 
not prefs him, for fear of Accidents. He flayed with 
me about half an Hour after he had eaten the Opium • 
the vifible Effedls it had upon him were to make his 
Eyes fparkle, and to give a new Air of Life and Bright- 
nefs to his Face. He told me, that he was extremely 
refreflied, and made very cheerful by my Entertain- 
ment, and that it gave him his Keph^ as the Turks ex- 
prefs it. 
He went from me to his Coffee houfe, and being: 
defirous to obferve him that Day, I found him in half 
an Hour Labouring heartily at cleaving Wood to Burn, 
I defired his Company again, when he was prepared for 
a Second Dofe • he came to me at three in the After- 
noon, and took the fame quantity as in the Morn- 
ing, and appeared after it with the fame Symp- 
toms. 
He tbld me he would be agairi ready for the fame 
quantity, at the fame diftance of Time , but I pur- 
fued the Experiment no further. He fays it has al- 
ways the fame Effeds, giving him Vigour and Spi- 
'^i' indis^ow tyecome neceflary to him, as any o- 
Iher part of ^iii^ Su makes him fitter 
for Prodreiation^^^ lie has many Wives and Children ; 
that it' never affeills him with Sleep and Drowfinefsp 
biit rather hinders his Repofing, when he happens to 
take too ,much of it 5 that he entered upon this pra* 
iftjcfe Ttverity five Years ago, beginning with the big* 
nefi^xif ' iaGr^ni ; and (o Tra:inir^g upT^Jature gradually 
lo fc^ger tftkt the want of it, and the de- 
fire of t^kmg more, grows diily upon him that his 
comhion Expence for Living, is three Parahs ^ day ia 
^di^^ bm m X in Coffee, and two in 
Bread : . A Par ah [s about a Penny Farthing in our Mo- 
