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Rh Berkeley, declared he should die a bishop in spite of him- self; but gave him full liberty to reside where he pleased. es His last act before he left Cloyne, was to settle 200l. from the revenues of his lands, to be distributed, yearly, until bihis return, amongst thie poor housekeepers of Cloyne, Youghal, and Aghadda. In July 1759, he removed with bis lady and family to Oxford, where he lived highly respected: and where he printed in the same year, all his smaller pieces in octavo.

He had been, ever since 1744, troubled with a nervous cholic, brought on by his sedentary course of life; but from which he experienced considerable relief from drinking tar-water. He wished, therefore, to impart to mankind a knowledge of this simple and useful medicine and published a curious book, entitled "Siris; a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar-water" This work, he has been heard to declare, cost him more pains than any other in which he had ever been engaged. A second edition appeared in 1747, with additions and emendations; and in 1752, came out "Farther Thoughts on Tar-water" He brought this medicine into extensive use, so that it became fashionable to drink it; and many more virtues were ascribed to it than the good bishop had ever thought of-as, in the cure of many diseases, the concurrence of the mind has a wonderful and unknown mode of action; and many beneficial effects may arise from the use of a medicine which its physical properties could have little effect in producing.

The bishop did not long survive his removal to Oxford, for,on the Sunday evening of January 14, 1758, as he was in the midst of his family, listening to the lesson on the burial service, which his lady was reading to him, he was seized with what was called a palsy of the heart, and instantly expired. This event was so sudden, that his joints were stiff, and his body cold, before it was observed; as he lay upon a couch, and seemed to be asleep, until his daughter,