There is also a another great asset in my plan, preventing abortions, and that atrocious practice women murdering their fatherless children, poor innocent babes, tears and pity in the most savage and inhuman breast.
The number of souls assume one million and a half and maybe two hundred thousand couples whose wives are readers. Subtracting thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I present distressed breeders. Subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children dye by accident, or disease within the year. Women cannot work in handicraft or agriculture; building houses, ( I mean in the country) nor cultivate land. Seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing until they arrive at six years old learn the rudiments much earlier which time they can however be properly looked upon only as probationary.
I am assured by our merchants, a boy or a girl before twelve years old, no commodity not yield above three pounds ($3.66), or three pounds and a half a crown ($4.26) at most on exchange account either to the parents or the kingdom charge of nutrients and rags at least four times that value.
Now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts not be lay able to least objection.
It has been assured knowing American acquaintance in London, a young fresh healthy child well nursed at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food: stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and no doubt will equally serve in a fricasie, or ragoust.
