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"country amusement in the greatest perfection: I can hunt, shoot, and fish, among a profusion of game of every kind: the neighbouring gentlemen, too, seem to vie with each other in acts of politeness; but as a physician, I cannot say that it is quite so alluring to me, for the natives have got the art of preserving their health, and prolonging their lives, without boluses or electuaries; by a plaister taken inwardly, called Thick Pottage. This preserves them from the various diseases which shake the human fabric, and makes them slide into the grave without pain, by the gradual decays of nature."

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