FOOTNOTES:

[38] The works of Dr. Stark, including the experiments alluded to, have since been published. Editor.

[39] Dr. Perkins. Editor.

[40] Boston is an old town, and was formerly the seat of all the trade of the country, that was carried on by sea. New towns, and ports, have, of late, divided the trade with it, and diminished its inhabitants, though the inhabitants of the country, in general, have greatly increased.

FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ESQ. OF PHILADELPHIA.