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man’s weight, /. e. 144, pounds*. And he increafed 
in bulk, as he grew up, fo that in feven years more, 
that is before he was twenty, he weighed 24 Slones, 
or 3 3 6 pounds. He went on increasing, and probably 
in pretty near the fame proportion. For the laid time 
he was weighed, which was about thirteen months be- 
fore he died, his weight was 42 Slones and 1 2 pounds, 
with only his waiftcoat, Shirt, breeches, and Stockings 
on ; and theSe cloaths being afterwards weighed, 
w r ere found to be 16 pounds ; fo that his neat weight 
at that time was 41 ftones and 10 pounds, or ^84 
pounds. What his exadl weight was at the time of 
his death, cannot be told : but, as he was manifestly 
grown bigger f nee the laft weighing, which he him- 
felf, and every body about him, were fenfible of, if 
we take the fame proportion, by which he had in- 
creafed for many years upon an average, 'viz. of about 
2 Slones a year, and only allow 4 pounds addition for 
laft year, on account of his moving about but very 
little, while he continued to eat and drink as before 
(which allowance is perhaps lefs might be granted) 
this will bring him to 44 Slones or 616 pounds neat 
weight. And that 1 find by the judgment of the 
moll reaSonable people, who knew him well, and 
faw him often, is reckoned a very fair and modeil 
computation, and the loweSl, that can be made. 
As to his meafure, he was 5 feet 9 inches and a half 
high. His body round the cheSl juft under the arms 
meafure d 
* There is at this time at Malden a boy not 14 years old (no 
relation to Mr. Bright) who weighs as much. Tulpius Ob/. medic, 
lib. 3. cop. 55. tells of a boy of vaft bulk and ftrength, who at 5 
years of age, weighed 15c pounds ; but docs not fay what became 
ofhim afterwards. 
