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( 5 ) My friend Will, to ſhew us the whole compaſs of his learning upon this ſubject, further informed us, that there were ſtill ſeveral nations in the world ſo very, barbarous as not to have any looking- laſſes among them; and that he had lately read voyage to the South ſea, in which it is ſaid, that he ladies of Chili always dreſs their heads over baſon of water.

I AM the more particular in my account of Will's laſt night's lecture on theſe natural mir- ors, it ſeems to bear ſome relation to the following tetter, which I received the day before.

SHALL communicate to my reader the following letter for the entertainment of this day.

SIR,

YOU know very well that our nation is more famous for that ſort of men who are called Whims and Humouriſts, than any other country in the world; for which reaſon it is obſerved that our Engliſh comedy excels that of all other nations in the novelty and variety of its characters.

'MONG thoſe innumerable ſets of Whims which our country produces, there are one whom I have regarded with more curioſity than thoſe who have invented any particular kind of diver- ion for the entertainment of themſelvs or their friends. My letter ſhall ſingle out thoſe who ake delight in ſnorting a company that has ſome-