or artificial afs's milk, mixed with thin panada, made as above-directed, or milk, warm from the cow; perhaps in both cafes, feeding children at itated periods, about four times a day will be fufficient, if that custom is begun very early. after it. This is pleafant exercise, and early teaches an active ufe of their little limbs. And I have obferved children fo brought up, more early get upon their legs, and run about, than others who have been ufed to leading-strings, go-carts, and contrivances of thofe kinds; it is molt advifeable first, to lead them off gently by the finger, and that may be attempted at a more early period than fome advife; for the idea of feiting children upon their * legs very foon, occafions them to be from that, it gives them additional ftrength; and it has been obferved, that the legs of children which have at first appeared crooked, have, by So effentially neceffary has exercife been confidered towards the fupport of health, that it has been advifed by every authof; but it should be fuch as is adopted to the age and conftitution of the patient: in the first periods very gentle, afterwards increased, as the ftrength of the in-crooked, is not in fact true; fo far fant increases, and that will be always the best, which, at the fame time it gives motion to the body, ap. pears to divert and entertain; for the fpirits by thefe means are exhi-early exertions to walk, become larated, and the mind, from being ftronger, and perfectly ftraight. amufed, gives alfo quicknefs and Belides thefe things, children ftrength to nervous and vafcular ac fhould often be taken into the fresh tion; rubbing the child well before air, and remain therein for fome time the fire twice a day we have fpeci- at least twice a day, and always be fied, gently fwinging, or hoifting, kept perfectly clean, changing their for fome time together, before fome clothes immediately upon being foulobjects which engage its attention, ed; for fuffering them to continue caufing the little infant to laugh, in a filthy ftate, for any time, difkick its legs, and exert its whole pofes the parts to become tender and body by little fprings, in the nurfe's excoriated, creating pain, rendering arms, will be proper; for no child children peevish, and inactive. They can continue long well, that is fuffhould alfo be often washed with fered to fit like a log in an indolent cold water behind the ears, as well nurfe's arms; for fuch a fedentary as other parts of the body; for from pofition breeds crudities, occafions neglect in this particular, the moithe habit to be overloaded, bluntsfture, which naturally collects here, the activity of the velleis, retards becomes acrimonious, irritates, and circulation, and breeds a variety of inflames the parts, and occafions an complaints from internal congeftion: acrid discharge, which brings on nor fhould nurfes be permitted to difagreeable and painful excoriations. carry children always in one arm, a. When it is from the neglect of this custom too many acquire, but more cuftom that this complaint arifes, particular if the infant is inactive which we may conjecture to be the and weakly for from always reclin-cafe, if the child appears healthful ing to one fide, distortion is apt to in every other refpcct, washing betake place therefore, they thould hind the ears with warm milk and conftantly be removed from one to water, or Goulard's water, or spreadthe other. It is highly useful to ing a very fine rag, extremely thin, fuffer little ones to roll upon carpets, with fatuinine ointment, and cleanand be amufed with fome little toy lines, will generally promote the or other, that may entice their ex- cure; but fhould we have reafon to ertions, to creep from place to place fuppofe it a drain exerted by nature : for for the relief of internal indifpofition, I exercifed, agreeable to their age and other management feems neceffary, which we shall specify when we come to treat on infantite difcafes. ་ As we think that a vast deal depends upon proper nurfing, in order to preferve the human fpecies, and prevent a variety of difeafes, which too often end fatally, or lay the foundation for various morbid affections, which are too apt to continue the painful concomitants of our fu'ture days, and embitter life through the whole of its progrefs, we have dweit longer on this point than may to fome appear neceflary, but which we think cannot be too minutely obferved; and it may not be useless to attempt to comprize the whole in a few fort axioms-And, first, we lay it down as an invariable rule, That immediately after the birth, children fhould be wrapped in a warm wrapper, to preferve them from cold; alterwards, in about half an hour, be well cleaned before the fire, loofely and lightly cloathed, not crammed with any dabs, but laid by the mother, and fet to her breast as foon as possible. That, where the conftitution will permit, all mothers fhould fuckle their own children, at the fame time not depend totally upon the breaft, but occafionally ufe them to the boat, or fpoon, in order to be prepared againit the effects of indifpofition, either in one or the other, fhould they occur. That cleanliness fhould ever be in variably and conftantly obferved :children fhould never have their stomachs overloaded, but be fed fully, only at proper intervals, five times a day, if not oftener, and more fparingly. That all food, befides the mother's milk, fhould be of a nature as fimilar as poffible to that of milk, compounded of vegetable and animal materials, as afs's, or artificial afs's milk, cow's milk, mixed with thin panada, rice ufed inftead of bread, and weak broth occafionally. That they should be conftantly ftrength, and fuch used as feems to afford them pleasure, and employs their attention; they alfo fhould be much out in the air, and be attended by clean, young, lively, and active nurfes. (To be continued.) A LETTER to a GENTLEMAN, who, after feducing an amiable young Lady, forfook her, and occafioned ber death. I AM fo well acquainted with your character, that I make no doubt of your receiving this letter with cold indifference, at least, if not with indignant flight. But, fir, I afk not your immediate attention to it; your mind, I trust, has not loft all its fenfibility; and there will be a time when this letter may act as a monitor: till then, what you have done will appear to be no crime, and you will continue to extend your criminality-until to do wrong fhall become your ftudy, your pleafure, and, as it were, your duty. If the many vices which degrade your character, leave you uncertain of my meaning, by this letter, know that the purport of it is to an. nounce the death of Mifswhom you bafely betrayed to flame and dishonour. Yes, fir; this night fhe lies in her grave, a monument of your infampy, and an example of the noble pride of virtue, that allows not its poffeffor to live in flame. Of her dishonour, you have the wretched merit.-May you alfo have a fhare in her contrition! In your boyish years, I remember, you bade fair for goodness and wifdom; perfonal accomplishments feem ed to embellifh mental worth; but the influence of bad company, and the power power of a latent bad difpofition, terpofed, ere the laws of right and foon changed your conduct and esta-wrong, the nice boundaries of prublished your character. Wealth and dence, could be established. You external advantages furnished you laid your plans with penetration and with means; and you thought it ar- fubtlety, and concealed their depth gued a want of fpirit, not to employ with hypocrify. The victim of your hete in the ruin of innocence. I artifices had not yet learned, that know that many have fallen victims one might fmile and deceive; and, to your arts, who in fact had little at a time, when the believed every elfe but reputation, to mark the one as much a friend to fincerity diftinction between them and the and undifguifed truth as herself, you worthiefs. The conqueft over fuch taught her by fad experience, what was cafy, and therefore to you, fa- happier females know only by retiating and unfe fhionable. port,-that an ingenuous mind is To ruin virtue, when a principle ever in danger from the machinaof the mind and a guide to the actions of a defigning world. tions, feemed a more glorious undertaking; and you entered on it with a malignant fpirit, and unabating ardour. Had your cruelty been confined to thofe, who, wanting wealth, want friends, it is probable we had remained ignorant of it; but when you dared to degrade rank, equal to your own, there bafencfs could no longer be concealed. Every crime, like this of yours, takes from the general character of youth, and stamps a degree of intamy on us, which heightens the common prejudices. But, independent of this, were the confequences of your profligacy confined to one alone? Was Emilia the only fufferer by her folly and your guilt? No. Your cruelty has even extended beyond your intention-even beyond the grave. Think, fir, of her parents. You never were ignorant of their worth, nor a stranger to their friendship. This daughter was their When I review the arts which you practifed, in the ruin of that beauteous unfortunate, who has just left the world. I know not whether to be most indignant against your profligacy, or to wonder at the inge-only comfort, faved from the wreck nuity which marked every step you took. In reputation and fortune, you knew the family to be equal, if not fuperior to your own. Tris daughter's education was the only pleasure of her parents' declining days. Her heart was carefully tutored to every worthy thought; and it was a pleafing reflection, that her early merit fpoke her to be amiable, ingenuous, and fenfible. of a numerous family, and the tender care that made life defirable. But the horrors of fuch a difappointment are only defcribable in their effects. So baneful and fo speedy have thefe been, that it is probable, ere this reaches you, there will not furvive one individual belonging to the family to reproach you with your bafenefs. Do not, fir, review this mournful But unhappily, there is in female calamity, with a smile of conscious youth a critical period, when fenfi- pride and power. Do not trace the bility of foul leaves them fufceptible feps which led to it, and boast of of many impreffions; and, while it their fuccefs. You have no caufe is experience only that can guide to elevate your mind; you triumphed them to difcriminate between thofe over virtue; you triumphed over impreffions, her few years kept her humanity; you fneered at the difignorant of that experience. It was refs which you occafioned; and dethis period you chofe for the accom-ferted the object with an unfeeling plishment of your defigns. You in: fpeed. But But, fir, although you may carry your pride to the loweft grave, your power draws apace to its period. Health, even with temperance and virtue, has neither permanence nor certainty. Penfive moments will come, to make you wretched, when you least expect them. The days of your feeming profperity wear to their end; your pleafure decays in every enjoyment. All that ferenity, The Doctor difliked Mallet for which feemed to light you the way his tendency to infidelity, and this to happiness, is but the farcafm turned this dilke into pofi-. mockery" of a deluded mind. Ative hatred. He never fpoke to him cloud of mifery hangs over your afterwards, but has gibbered him in head, to darken the days of remorfe:his octavo Dictionary, under the when they come, as foon they muft, article A liar. | fubdued kindness. "How is it,” faid one of the company, "that this favage animal is fo attached to Mr. Johnfon?" "From a very natural· caufe," replied Mallet; the bear is a Ruffian philofopher; and he knows that Linnæus would have placed him in the fame clafs with the English moralitt. They are two barbarous animais of one species. unreal you will be the fi ft to pronounce, that you are unfit to live, yet more unfit to die. ANIEL Burgess, of whimsical Referve this letter for the first in-out an hour-glafs, and he frequently terview you fhall have with your-faw it out three times during one felf. If that interview be of your own fecking, it will be a friendly diffuafive; if not, and you be driven by difeafe to feek for death, it will join with your bitteret reflections : your end will be miferable, as your life has been vicious. ANECDOTES. W OF DOCTOR JOHNSON. fermon. In a difcourfe which he once delivered at the conventicle in Ruffel-court, against drunkenness, fome of his hearers began to yawn at the end of the fecond glass: but Daniel was not to be filenced by a yawn; he turned his time-keeper, and altering the tone of his voice, de fired they would be patient a while longer, for he had much more to fay upon the fin of drunkennefs; "Therefore," added he, " my brethren, we will have another glafs and then." ACCOUNT of BUCKDEN PALACE, HUNTINGDONSHIRE. [With an elegant Engraving] T HEN the Doctor firft became acquainted with David Mallet, they once went with fome other gentle men to laugh away an hour at Southwark fair. At one of the booths where wild beasts were exibited to the wondering crowd, was a very large bear, which the the wman HIS is a very pleasant, though affured them was cotched in the un- ancient palace, of the bishops difcovered deferts of the remoreft of L ncoln. The house and gardens Ruffia. The bear was muzzled, and are furrounded by a wide and deep might therefore be approached with moat of water. There is a small fafery; but, to all the company, ex-but pretty chapel, ornamented with cept Jolofon, was very furly and a painting against the wall, repreill tempered; of the philofopher, he fenting an organ in a feeming organappeared extremely fond, rubbed loft. This is capitally exculed, and agant him, and difplayed every a very great deception. mark of awkward partiality, and 3 A LOVE |