The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-10


the winter feafon and that the inhabitsnts often
perfpire more freely when the fnow is upon the
ground than they do in the dog-days. The truth is,
that, before iad the climate is wholly created
by artificial circumstances and the natural tempera-
turs of the air is completely done away. The fort
of communication which theie people keep up with
each other,is consdersd require fpeces Of appa-
ratus which Gllsther atmosphere with an immcderste
degree fphlogiiion. Beides this, they no,ori-
Gully ford Of attending in inlufierab,e crowjs and
travellers have afured u.s. that they have often wnel
fed from ten to twelve hundred perlous fuffocatpg
each other within fpace which would lcarcely have
afforded convenient accommodation for dozen fami-
les And this may enable in lon,e meafure to
count for the little benefit which modih invads are
faid to derive from their frequent removals TO the
healthie fpots in the univerie The original Object
OF iuch prelcrpton was doubtlss to change the air
and certaioy expediens could be better imagined
for braeig conftson relaxed by intenfe appli-
cation to the buhnefs OF Fashionable life But the
ufages OF the order render change Of air to any IA
lutary pnrpofe, utterly inpptaeabe for the weak
cit members of the corne1usty consider themfelves
bound to kinsle fame wherever they go; and thus
they breathe the fame ph!cs h;ca,ed air all the
world.
They prsfefs to adopt the Ordinary diviions of
time and talk like other people of Day and Night
but their mode OF computing each is 70 vague and
natural, that Inhabitants of the fame meridian with
themfelves ieatcely underGsrd wha, they mean by
the term. A great part of this difficulty may poi-
bly, arfe from the very flall portion of folar light
with which they are vted. For certain it is, that
no people upon earth have lels benefit from the light of
the fun than the people of Fahion 70 that if it
not for torches, candles, and Argand lamps, they
would icarcely ever fee each Others faces.
With regard to the contributions of thefe people.
have been inclined to think them naturally robuf,
from obierving the aaeuihing heat and fatigue which
they endure And in this relpeS tn, women have
appeared to evnco uncommon dsgree O. nardnefs
for, seiides that they every oecafon flight
ipecies OF clothing than the men, nave been con-
ndently told that many among them will appear, in
the ievsrek part of the fealon, with dreHes of uch
raniparency and icantinsis convince every behold
er that they who wear them are utter itrangers TO
the ueaknsss OF the TEX. There is, however, fonie
room for doubling whether the air which this people
breathe, and ths ufagss which prevail among them,
are favourable TO the conAitutHn Their patience OF
fatigue has been thought to be wholly the refu OF
habit, and their hardirei. has boss coneaured be
tsle more than air Of extravaga,ce and bravade.
The frequent tranf.isns which they make from
heat TO Geld, and back again from cold to heat (per
haps hslfa dozen mos in as many hours) mutt very
materially d,ninih the phyical hrength Of their be-
die. C.tan !. !. that their natural cn,enances do
not betray the ufuu fymptoms of health and it is,
believe, admitted that inaances of extraordinary lon
gevty are not very common among them.
For the geographical folecifm of wenern la-
hfndr," the author has only plead that the people
OF whom he treats acknowledge point, Of the com
PATS but thofe ofsf and zUf, and that the term lon
gitude hssicareely any place in their language.