"Mr. Cy fhould remain as he was, because it seemed impoffible to determine who "was his oppofite party-man; and because no new occiput could make him more oppofite to himself, than his own actions had already "made him. For the truth of which, he ap 66 pealed to that gentleman's conduct during "Lord Townshend's adminiftration, to his "brother-in-law the commiffioner, and above all, to the feveral votes he had given on both "fides of queftions of the very fame import, concerning the commiffioners of excife." Mr. Commiffioner G-e hearing this, ftepped out of his place, and defired to be confidered as under the fame contradictory predicament with Mr. Cy. His conduct being examined, his plea was admitted, and he also was excufed from undergoing the operation. Many fucceeding couples interchanged their beads, without any extraordinary occurrence, I must just take notice, that in every inftance, the whole nature of the perfons feemed to be transferred with the half of their brains. Thus the ftupid became witty; the rude, polifhed; the giddy, ferious; and fo, vice versa, according to the characters of the couples who refpectively exchanged the feat of their undertandings. At At laft Mr. B-fhe and Sir Ed N-ham drew the attention of the fpectators. The head of Mr. B-fhe was divided with great expedition, by Mr. Richardfon; but the labours of Mr. Cunningham feemed endless: nine times he changed his faws, and as often their teeth were turned, or broken by the head of Sir E-d. Sweat trickled copiously from all parts of his body; but the head remained impenetrable. He placed it in feveral pofitions, between his legs, and under his arm, working at it fometimes as it stood in an upright posture, and sometimes as it lay horizontally. He then rubbed it all over with ointments, to try if fuch applications would make it fofter. At length being quite exhaufted, he defired a few mo❤ ments confultation with Mr. Richardfon. I could not hear what paffed between them; but when the confultation was over, two porters were dispatched, and while we were waiting for their return, the friends of Mr. B-she (who were very numerous) expreffed great fatisfaction at the prospect of his keeping his own head, as the feparating of Sir Ed's feemed defpe rate. In about ten minutes the porters returned, bringing in a large two-handed faw, fuch as is ufed in pits, for dividing timber trees into planks. G. 4-r planks. The two furgeons, after they had bound Sir E-d's fkull to the back of his chair, to prevent any elufive vibrating which might counteract the operation, began upon the bone with the utmost vigour. A long time (as I thought, no less than two hours) was spent in getting through it. When it was feparated, it fell to the ground by its own gravity, though Mr. Cunningham tried with both hands to prevent its falling. The cause of the difficulty in making any impreffion on it, appeared to be, that the whole head confifted of one folid block, much more impenetrable than the hardest marble. By fome accident, probably the great noise made by the falling of the head, I started, and awoke, and found myself just as I had fallen afleep, with Gulliver's Travels by my fide, and my candle almost burned down to the socket. Z NUM NUMBER XXI. Quem virum, aut heroa, lyra, vel acri Quem Deum? Cujus recinent jocola Imitation of the 12th Ode of the ift Book of HORACE. HAT patriot hero wilt thou chufe, WHAT And in what ftrain to praife, my mufe? Not such as barren Burrows fings, When rude he grates the jarring strings: Nor rhyme-ftruck Hs' flat Cibberian note, Which fuited to the bagpipe's drone, May hum in drowsy unison, Or tear the birth-day fongfter's screaming throat. But, goddess, fuch a verse inspire, With wild tropes armed, and high refound ing words. G 5 Him Him first, him greateft, all allow, When with rais'd arm and threatning brow, He grinds harfh thunder 'gainst DIVIDED Tho' equal none, none near in fame, And what himself endures, in others dares upbraid. Next fam'd for dancing, as for war, Or chafe the Oak-boy as he flics, And eager prefs to lead the illuftrious band. Simpering, bowing, staring round, On toe elaftic, fee him bound, And what he wants in fenfe, eke out with waving hand. Nor fhall oblivion's gloomy fhade, Or |