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after feven years he diicovered that hardly any of them were 
living. Tho’ fome part mud be owing to excefiive debauch- 
ery, gin has the greated fhare in this dreadful mafiacre of 
our countrymen, in their infant date. What a reproach to po- 
licy and humanity ! Will a civilized government go on at this. 
mortal rate? Other nations tax fpirituous liquor, but theirs 
is not fo poifonous ; tho’ it hurts their men, their women and. 
children never drink it ; befides, the liquors proper to us are 
beer and ale ; thefe pay taxes, and do not poifon, but nourifh. 
The third article is to afiid the foundling-hospital in the 
mod: effectual manner, as already mentioned ; and to ufe fucfi 
other methods as may be found expedient to prevent the morta- 
lity of men in their iNFANT-date, particularly in this metro- 
polis. 
The fourth, to abandon the use of tea, for the many 
reafons already urged ; and, if necessary, to introduce other 
infufions in place of it. 
The fifth, to pay our feamen regularly in money, or by 
tickets to bear an intered, and to provide them regularly 
with fuch clothing, fuch food and air, as experience teaches to 
be proper, that if poffible not one of thefe valuable men 
may perifh by noxious air, avoidable ficknefs, or inclemency 
of weather. 
Thefe five points feem necefiary, to fupport our fafety, wealth 
and honor ; to fubdue our enemies ; and to fave the fouls oF 
our fellow-fubje&s. If we prefer our luxury to fuch weighty 
confiderations, and think only of what we can, not of what 
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