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Amongst li is desiderata is one which has been accomplished, 
viz. — “The Alt of Sailing without Gal's against Wind and Tide.” 
Bankruptcy. 
I fear Mr. Arderon had been victimised in some way, as he 
proposes a very harsh punishment for Bankrupts, who, lie said, 
“are for the most part wicked men, and who abuse their best 
Friends the worst of all. Now to cure this Evil, I would have 
every Bankrupt to wear a Badge upon his outward Garments, 
denoting how much in the pound ho has paid, until he has paid 
the whole of his Debts, and on default of this, to be transported 
for 7, 14 years, or for Life, according to the pleasure of the 
Majority of his Creditors.” 
This essay was written in 175G. 
The copies of his letters in his letter book are fragmentary, and 
generally without date or the name of the person to whom he is 
writing, a circumstance now perhaps of little moment. The 
following was written to a friend at Cambridge : — 
“ Dr. Sr. 
Yours of Monday last came to my Hand this 
Morning, and to show you how willing I am to repair the Lapsas 
[sfcj I made in my last, I would not let the day pass before I 
returned you Answer. 
“ I am glad anything I can do will add to your pleasure or amuse- 
ment, that alone will allways induce me to endeavour for it. 
“ The Pebles [$<e] you gather me about Cambridge may be 
valuabler than you imagine, for all the pains I have taken I find it 
very difficult to guess by the Outside what the Insides will be. 
“ I own those which are coarse little can be expected from them 
by polishing, yet I should like to have a few, be what they will, as 
I have a design to make a Collection of all the Different kinds 
I can procure. 
“Your Uncle from Lyn is in Town, but I have not seen him, 
so can give you no account of the ‘ Asstroits’ as yet. 
“ I heard about a fortnight ago, several Young Locusts were seen 
about Barrow Apton, and one I found myself, on 'coming from 
Thorp, but this exceeding cold rainy "Weather I presume, will put 
an end to their progress. 
