CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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Chriftianity, and began not to be generally difcredited till the 
fixteenth century. In England we even find witchcraft fupported 
by royal authority : by James I. countenanced by the great Lord 
Bacon. The belief in fpirits, not lefs abfurd, even the vigor¬ 
ous mind of Dr. Johnfon was not exempt from. But thefe ridi¬ 
culous, mifchievous, and cruel delufions, are happily banifhed 
almofi: from the habitations of the moft ignorant, and we already 
begin to wonder at the credulity of our anceftors. 
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