The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . /• AI^MANACK FOR 1772. 435 Aa ASTRONOMICAL DIARY j or A L M A N AC K For the Tear of our Lord CHRIST 1772; b«mg Bifextik orLeapYtar.^ Calculated for the Meridian of BOSTON, A?wEngland, Lat. 42. 25. North. Containing, Befides -what is ufual ia Altnanioks, «DefcciptioQ of the Dwarf that lately made her Appearancein Boston ; as alfo a curious Method of taking Waxand Honey, without deftroying Bees. By Nathaniel Pficg V gr/. per DQ2:ea, 436 ALMANACK FOR 1772. The follow
The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . /• AI^MANACK FOR 1772. 435 Aa ASTRONOMICAL DIARY j or A L M A N AC K For the Tear of our Lord CHRIST 1772; b«mg Bifextik orLeapYtar.^ Calculated for the Meridian of BOSTON, A?wEngland, Lat. 42. 25. North. Containing, Befides -what is ufual ia Altnanioks, «DefcciptioQ of the Dwarf that lately made her Appearancein Boston ; as alfo a curious Method of taking Waxand Honey, without deftroying Bees. By Nathaniel Pficg V gr/. per DQ2:ea, 436 ALMANACK FOR 1772. The followi7ig short Description of the extraordinary Person wholately made her appearance in this tozvti, 7nay not be disagree-able to our Readers, although it may not be so particidar, as thecuriotis would desire, as she would not admit of an accurateexamination. Miss Emma lycach was born in Beverly, about 20 Milesdistant from this town, in the year 1719. She was at her birthas well a shaped child as any of ten which the same mother bore.—Her friends early discovered her bones to be in a flexible state,and unable to resist the action of the muscles, which made itvery diflScult to support her in any other than a horizontal posi-tion. After two years the bones acquired some considerabledegree of firmness ; but they had been so long inflected by theaction of the muscles, that they never recovered their properfigure or situation. She measured in a right line from the crownof the head to the feet, twenty-two inches. The head was aslarge a
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