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 of the earth. For if the forebodings of deolation in the book entitled Chevila are not come to pas, and the eer of Sellerfield has proved as fale a prophet as thoe who encouraged king Ahab to go up to Ramoth-Gilead; if the north of Europe has till tood firm upon its old foundations; and if his Imperial Majety did not end out a fleet from Vienna to take part in the American War—we are obliged to the vigilant Gnomes for our ecurity, which is entirely owing to their unwearied labours. Rh