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120 on the dangers to be apprehended from the loose women by day; and, by exposing their methods, put our readers upon their guard against such arts. Countrymen, in particular, and men of florid countenances, generally, are much sought after by old worn-out Harridans; and, if they are low in life, sometimes get maintained until they become emaciated, and unfit for their lascivious purposes. The contaminated association, bring such men into dishonest habits, and some of them suffer for their crimes. Such men should, above all things, avoid being well treated by old whores; who upon first view might be mistaken for respectable housekeepers' wives: they are much worse to deal with than younger women, for this, among other reasons, that they know more roguery, and are remorseless in spilling the man whom they have, perhaps, themselves seduced to the commission of some offence.

The guilt of betraying her Fancy is not confined to the Harridan; younger women of the town, are sometimes caught tripping in that way. In two years and a half,,(whose right name I never knew) lost three men in that awkward manner, one of whom was for a capital offence, so that she was called upon, to account for how it could have happened? Whether