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Excerpt from The Man in the Moon, Vol. 2: Or, Travels Into the Lunar Regions, by the Man of the People
Body. For you muft know that all celei'cial beings, whether natives or emigrants from the earth, have a mofi acute fenfe of fmelling: and that nothing could pofiibly appear fo nau feous to them, as a newly imported man full Of ?eib and blood, with all thofe excrementitious particles about him, which neceltarily accompany thofe functions upon which the lives Of mortals depend. They are even offended at the qfiuvz'a of fome grofs fouls that die of apoplexies, and other difeafes and accidents that put a fudden period to their lives. You may judge then how they would frown, if I {hould bring a man of your kidney into their company, without ufing thofe precautions which are neceffary to render your.
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