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Chapter 6

           "But,besidesrealdiseases,wearesubjecttomanythatareonlyimaginary,forwhichthephysicianshaveinventedimaginarycures;thesehavetheirseveralnames,andsohavethedrugsthatareproperforthem;andwiththeseourfemaleYahoosarealwaysinfested.

           "Onegreatexcellencyinthistribe,istheirskillatprognostics,whereintheyseldomfail;theirpredictionsinrealdiseases,whentheyrisetoanydegreeofmalignity,generallyportendingdeath,whichisalwaysintheirpower,whenrecoveryisnot:andtherefore,uponanyunexpectedsignsofamendment,aftertheyhavepronouncedtheirsentence,ratherthanbeaccusedasfalseprophets,theyknowhowtoapprovetheirsagacitytotheworld,byaseasonabledose.

           "Theyarelikewiseofspecialusetohusbandsandwiveswhoaregrownwearyoftheirmates;toeldestsons,togreatministersofstate,andoftentoprinces."

           Ihadformerly,uponoccasion,discoursedwithmymasteruponthenatureofgovernmentingeneral,andparticularlyofourownexcellentconstitution,deservedlythewonderandenvyofthewholeworld.Buthavinghereaccidentallymentionedaministerofstate,hecommandedme,sometimeafter,toinformhim,"whatspeciesofYahooIparticularlymeantbythatappellation."

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