The company shrug’d their shoulders: they dared not remonstrate to him, that he reasoned like a Toy; but as he is a man of penetration he perceived in an instant that they thought as much.

The Attractionist Reciproco opened, and said: “Gentlemen, I have tables calculated by a theory on the height of the tides in every port of the kingdom. True it is, that observations somewhat bely my calculations: but I flatter myself that this small inconvenience will be repaired by the advantage that will result from them, if the tattle of Toys continues to square with the phenomena of the ebb and flow.”

A third person started up, went to the board, traced his figure, and said “let a Toy be A B, and⁠—”