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I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to
the least objection.
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young
healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food,
whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in
a fricassee or a ragout.
I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty
thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only
one-fourth part to be males; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle or swine;
and my reason is, that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not
much regarded by our savages, therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females.
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