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Mr. Escot.
Of course, sir, I do not presume to dissent from the very exalted authority of that most enlightened astronomer and profound cosmogonist, who had, moreover, the advantage of being inspired: but when I indulge myself with a ramble in the fields of speculation, and attempt to deduce what is probable and rational from the sources of analysis, experience, and comparison, I confess I am too often apt to lose sight of the doctrines of that great fountain of theological and geological philosophy.
Squire Headlong.
Push about the bottle.
Mr. Foster.
Do you suppose the mere animal life of a wild man, living on acorns, and sleeping on the ground, comparable in felicity to that of
