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wardnefs. Among the editions of the 
15th century ‘depofited in it, I have 
feen a fine copy of the Rationale of 
Durand, in vellum, dated 1459. Among 
the manuicripts are mott of thofe which 
belonged to the Abbey of Corbie. Dur- 
ing the adminifration of the diffria, 
fome learned members of it. perceived, 
undoubtedly -wkth great furprife, that 
the manufcripts were enclofed in wooden 
covers, in which they difcovered many 
worn holes ; and, like good philofophers, 
they decided that it was neceflary to ex- 
tirpate the evil from the reot, by remov- 
ing all the wooden coverings. It was 
done with quick difpatch; at this day all 
the volumes of manufcripts are no more 
than bundles wrapped up ina fheet of 
paper, tied with a pack thread. Every 
time that a manufcript is eximined, the 
packet mut be unticd. Wichout doubt 
great care is taken, that not a leaf fhould 
drop out of the bundle. 
The principal infirmaries area general 
one and an hofpital for the fick. The 
Tatter is too near the Somme, and is un- 
wholefome. The windows are not low 
enough. ‘The ward for the wounded is 
encumbered with beds, and filled with a 
thick air fram the turf, which they burn 
in it. It fhould be the fcheme of the 
prefeGt and naayor to remove the hofpital 
for the fick into pait of the buildings of 
the general one, and to divide it into two 
apartméints. ‘The moft healthy fhould be 
deftined for the retreat of the indigent, 
who always live in the houfe. That part 
of the buildings, which is fitusted by 
the fide of the river, would ferve to efta- 
blith a houfe of induftry; the current 
of water would be ufeful to the work- 
men, and a houfe for labour would be 
very ufeful to the town, becaufe there ave 
many beggars in it. 
The general hofpita! receives old men, 
old women, young boys, young giris, 
and’ new-born deferted childrea. The 
daily commons of thefe poor people is 
_ eftimated at cight fous each, all expences 
included. Every one has every day a 
quarter of a pound of meat, weighed out 
raw, fome roots. witha pound and a quar- 
ter of brown bread. The building is 
handiome, the wards are large and well 
ventilated. The dormitory fer the oid 
men is the neateft I have ever feen, 
Every one in the infirmary fleeps alone. 
There are befides work-fhops and refec- 
_ tories, fo that, except the chambers where 
- the yery old-m-n and women, and the 
difabled, remain all the day, the other 
dormitories are empty and open in the 
eth Ley 
An Account of Amiens, from Camus. 
[ April 1, 
day. The prefect remarked, that the 
young boys had not been well regulated. 
Order is certainly now - re-eitab] fhed. 
He is Citizen Quinette, who, after hav- 
ing been a member of the departments, 
and of the national affemblics, finithed. 
his education at Ehrenbreiftein and at 
Spjelberg, a fortrefs of Brunn in Moravia, 
Nothing can be more proper to form a 
man for the carcs and management, which 
the fick, the indigent, and prifoners re- 
quire, than two or three years probation 
in the Auftrian prifens. The pains and 
trouble taken by Citizen Quinette, and the 
fingular and unalterable tranquillity,which 
he remarkably maintains under all, af- 
ford excellent. leffons of compaffion to 
the fufferings of others, and appiying all 
the refources, that are capable of’ allevi- 
ating their weight. 
In the hofpital of Amiens are received, 
as I have faid, new-born deferted chil- 
dren. ‘They fend them into the country 
to be nurfed, till they ave able to walk ; 
at fiilt they give them a little wine ta 
drink, then cow’s mi‘k. If they are not 
healthy, they continue tofeed them in the 
fame manner, and they have the happi- 
nels of faving fome. In general, I have 
been excecdingly pleafed with the great 
care which [I have obferved taken of 
new-born children, whom their parents 
have abandoned, in ali the departments. 
which I have vilited. I have witnefied 
the attention beltowed on children of 
the firft year, at Paris, by Dr. Andry,. 
and Citizens Baudelocque and Auvity ; 
and I cannot too much wonder at the 
impudence of an anonymous author of a 
pamphlet, lately publithed, who, in a 
ftrain of the greateft (enfibility, exclaims, 
when fpeaking of the hofpitals defigned 
for the reception of deferted children, 
‘© Happy, moit happy the people to whom 
fuch eltablifhments are unknown! O 
facred caule of nature! where are thy 
difciples ? And ye, who dare accept the 
moft honourable employment, the direc- 
tion of hofpitals, do ye think that it is 
defigned to ferve, provcke, and haften 
depopulation?” The author does not 
conceai what hes called forth from him 
thefe warm exclamations. ‘‘ The public 
prints,” fays ke, « have declared, thae 
it has been proved, that ninety-feven 
hundred children, deferted at their birth, 
have perifhed in the ho‘pitals deftined | 
for them.”* If we could interrogate an 
anonymous writer, we fhould afk, where 
has he feen thefe reports? By whom; 
and how were they attefied? And whe- 
ther he had examined the fate and condi- 
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