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XL A Letter to the Rev. Dr. William Bra- 
kenridge, ReElor of St. Michael Baffifhaw, 
London, and F. R. S. concerning the ‘Term 
and Period of Human Life : In which the 
Inequalities in confiruSling , and the falje 
ConclufiGnsdraw? / ifro?ji Dr, Halley ’s Breflau 
Fable are fully proved ; the fuppofed extra- 
ordinary Healthfulnefs of that Place is par- 
ticularly examined^ and confuted ; arid its 
real State equalled by divers Places in Eng- 
land ; the ImperfeSUon of all the Fables 
fanned upon 1000 Lives is fewn ; and a 
Method propopofed to obtain one much bet- 
ter : By T. W. A. M. 
<c It were to be wifhed, that fome inland town could be found in 
“ England, where there was kept an annual regifter of births 
<c and burials, with the ages of the deceafed, and where there 
“ is no confluence of Grangers.” 
Dr. Brakenridge, in Phil. Tranf. Vol. XLIX. p. 172. 
<c An author fliould be fond of reading his works to thofe, who 
“ know how to corredf, and efteem them. — He that will not 
“ be corrected, or advifed, in his writings, is a-kin to a pe- 
“ dant.” Monf. De la Bruyere, tranfl. by N. Rowe, Efqj 
Quid dignum tatito feret hie promijjor hiatu ? Hor, de Art. Poet. 
Reverend Sir, 1760. 
Read Jan. 29, A s I highly honour your ingenuity, 
&Feb.5,i76i. L\ 1 / 1 * j. , ^ ' 
3 ' jLJL and applaud your candid treatment 
of thofe, who entertain fentiments different from 
your 
