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viſes all perſons of fine heads, in order to have juſtice done them, to repair to that induſtrious mechanic.

· N. B. Mr. Pigeon has orders to talk with, and examine into the parts and characters of

young perſons, before he thins the covering near the ſeat of the brain .'

N° 44. Friday, May 1, 1713. BY STEELE.

Hoc iter Elyfium nobis.

VIRG. Æn. vi. 542.

This path conducts us to th’ Elyſian fields.

I HAVE frequently obſerved in the walks be

longing to all the inns of court, a ſet of old fel lows who appear to be humouriſts, and wrapped up

in themſelves ; but have long been at a loſs

when I have ſeen them ſmile, and name my

name as I paſſed by, and fay, Old Ironſide wears

well. I am a mere boy to fome of them who

frequent Gray’s-inn, but am not a little pleaſed to find they are even with the world, and return upon it, its neglect towards them, which is all the defence we old fellows have againſt the pe

tulancy ofyoung people. I am very glad to ob ſerve that theſe fages of this peripatetic ſect ſtudy tranquillity and indolence of body and mind, in the neighbourhood of ſo much contention as is carriedon among the ſtudents of Littleton. The following letter gives us fome light into the man

ners and maxims of theſe philoſophers.