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352 ACCOUNT OF THE MAN WITH THE IRON MAStC4
in general detestation, and behm reduced by the chanoe
of war, or other calamities, have lost for ever, under
the lash of of terror, both the sensation of their misfor-
tunes and of their misery; in whom not only the dignity
of human nature, but likewise the faculties of the under-
standing, together with reason itself are extinguished.
Such are the observations of M. Cassas ; and they agree
with those made on these people by the Abbe Fortis, who
says: “ Notwithstanding the abundance and variety of
the fish cast in various seasons of the year on the strand
of Slosella, the indolent inhabitants neglect every me-
thod by which they might be turned to advantage. They
are contented to live from hand to mouth, and devour
without bread, and frequently without any kind of pre-
paration all the fish they take. In spring these silly
peasants live entirely upon cuttle-fish. They catch them
by immersing in the water branches of trees, to which
this fish adheres for the purpose of depositing its spawn;
and if, to procure even this sustenance, a more compli-
cated contrivance were necessary, I believe they would
starve, rather than take the trouble to employ it. They
are equally enemies to their own welfare, and that of
others; so that to prevent the introduction of large fish-
ing nets by their lord, they rolled large stones into all
the deep waters near the shore, where they- would have
been of infinite advantage to them."
An Account of the Birth and Education of the unfortu-
nate Prince, who was secluded from Society by Cardi-
nals Richelieu and Mazarin ; and afterwards impri-
soned by order of Lewis the xiNth.
[From Memoires du Marechai Due de Richelieu, &c.]
The unfortunate Prince whom I have brought up, and
taken care of till the close of my life, was born Septem-
ber
in general detestation, and behm reduced by the chanoe
of war, or other calamities, have lost for ever, under
the lash of of terror, both the sensation of their misfor-
tunes and of their misery; in whom not only the dignity
of human nature, but likewise the faculties of the under-
standing, together with reason itself are extinguished.
Such are the observations of M. Cassas ; and they agree
with those made on these people by the Abbe Fortis, who
says: “ Notwithstanding the abundance and variety of
the fish cast in various seasons of the year on the strand
of Slosella, the indolent inhabitants neglect every me-
thod by which they might be turned to advantage. They
are contented to live from hand to mouth, and devour
without bread, and frequently without any kind of pre-
paration all the fish they take. In spring these silly
peasants live entirely upon cuttle-fish. They catch them
by immersing in the water branches of trees, to which
this fish adheres for the purpose of depositing its spawn;
and if, to procure even this sustenance, a more compli-
cated contrivance were necessary, I believe they would
starve, rather than take the trouble to employ it. They
are equally enemies to their own welfare, and that of
others; so that to prevent the introduction of large fish-
ing nets by their lord, they rolled large stones into all
the deep waters near the shore, where they- would have
been of infinite advantage to them."
An Account of the Birth and Education of the unfortu-
nate Prince, who was secluded from Society by Cardi-
nals Richelieu and Mazarin ; and afterwards impri-
soned by order of Lewis the xiNth.
[From Memoires du Marechai Due de Richelieu, &c.]
The unfortunate Prince whom I have brought up, and
taken care of till the close of my life, was born Septem-
ber