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 tant consequences. A secret so widely diffused could not long remain concealed if it were properly sought for. If a trifling sum of money were placed at the disposal of our Consuls in Egypt or Barbary, it might soon be purchased, but it would be worth a philosophical mission. No person can say to what beneficial consequences the acquirement of this new power in medicine might lead; that it might furnish us with a preventative for canine madness seems not impossible.

 

When Holt was Lord Chief Justice, he committed some enthusiasts to prison. The next day, one Lacy, who was of the same persuasion, went to his house, and asked to speak with him. The porter answered, his Lordship was not well, and could not be seen. Lacy insisted that he must speak with him, for he was sent to him by the Lord. When this 