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pronged forks are essential, and cleanliness requires them to be of 
silver. Hence also, the French take up their food with their four- 
pronged fork in their right hand, while the left, holding a piece of 
bread, sweeps up the soft food upon the fork. Hence the neces- 
sity of napkins and separate tumblers, because a Frenchman’s fing- 
ers are so often greasy at dinner time, while an Englishman has 
no occasion to soil his, in any degree. 
These remarks will furnish a solution to the following questions. 
1st. Why has the linen manufactory been cultivated in France 
to so much more perfection and so much greater an extent than 
in England ? 
2diy. What is the principal cause, why Great Britain is the 
greatest manufacturing nation in Europe ? 
3dly. Why is it that the system of paper credit, is more preva- 
lent in England than the rest of Europe ? 
4thly. Why is the hardware of Great Britain, particularly the 
cutlery, superior to the same manufacture in other countries ? 
5thly. Why is the system of boxing more common in England 
than elsewhere, and the quarrels of the common people less mur- 
derous ? 
6thly. Why are the English better sailors than the French? 
7thly. Why do the French excell in the manufacture of 
snuff? 
Sthly. Why are the French the best baker’s in Europe ? 
9thly. In what particular has a French army an advantage over 
an English one ? 
lOthly. Why is coin always plenty in France, and not in Eng- 
land ? 
1 Ithly. Why arte the English better book-binders than the 
French? 
12thly. Why do the French, caeteris paribus, print books 
cheaper than the English ? 
These questions might be extended, but they are sufficient to 
shew the important bearings of my subject ; and that no man can 
pretend to useful knowledge of almost any kind, unless he have 
knowledge in the science of eating also. And now to their so- 
lution. 
1st. Why has the linen manufacture been cultivated in France 
more extensively than in England ? Because from their mode of 
eating, dependant on their mode of cooking, there is a, much grea- 
ter demand for, and consumption of napkins and table cloths. 
