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dissenters are gaining ground very rapidly, as there are only 2 Churches, while there are 15 Chapels and 17 Kirks. The peculiarities of the seasons are remarkable, for we have neither Springs nor autumns, but to make uр for their loss, we have 13 Summers, and 9 Winters; we have likewise Frosts, Snows, Rains, and Foggs. We have plenty of Moons, but no Suns; still we have Roses and Lillies, Oakes and Ashes; and plenty of Gardeners, Forresters, and Farmers. Our sce- nery is also greatly diversified, leaving 2 Moun- tains, 100 Hills, and 37 Dales; and although we have neither Rivers or Lakes, but only a few Brooks, yet we have Bridges and Barges, plenty of Fishers, and a fair supply of Salmon. And the stranger in Manchester will be surprised to find, perfectly at large, no fewer than 27 Lyons, and lots of Nightingales, Swans, Peacocks, and Ducks. We have Mr Law, an attorney; Mr Jump, a rope-maker; Wood, a joiner; Corn, a baker; and Chambers, a house builder. We are taught a strong language the mutability of human affairs, or we find the great Isaac Newton, a painter, in Liverpool Road; Addison, a joiner, in Tasle- street; Burns, a dyer, in Oldham-street; and Thomas Lawrence, (no longer bearing the honour of knighthood) carving his livelihood by weaving, at No. 5, Quay-street. And is it nat a lasting shame, that poor Tommy Moore should be mak- ing, not amorous ditties, but boots and shoes, in Oldham Road. The " Pilot that Weather'd the Storm," is still pursuing his vocation by mending windows in Oak-street; and his great opponent
