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of tlie fymbollcal animals, which are fuppofed to be 
fignificant of the rational and moral qualities ; but 
enters a caution againft thefe, as being, mod likely, 
the invention of later times. He argues ftrenuoully 
for the early and uninterrupted Theilm of the Chi- 
nefe j and concludes with an apology for the condition 
of a miffionary, the duties of whofe profeffion, and 
reparation from divers neceffiary means of information, 
render him, in his own opinion, very unfit for literary 
inquiries, 
C. Morton, 
LXVII. Obfer^ 
