"He said, that many gentlemen of this kingdom, having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the want of venison might be well supplied by the bodies of young
lads and maidens, not exceeding fourteen years of age, nor under twelve; so great a number of
both sexes in every country being now ready to starve for want of work and service: And these
to be disposed of by their parents if alive, or otherwise by their nearest relations. But with due
deference to so excellent a friend, and so deserving a patriot, I cannot be altogether in his
sentiments; for as to the males, my American acquaintance assured me from frequent
experience, that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our school-boys, by
continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable, and to fatten them would not answer the
charge. Then as to the females, it would, I think, with humble submission, be a loss to the public,
because they soon would become breeders themselves: and besides, it is not improbable that
some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice (although indeed very unjustly)
as a little bordering upon cruelty, which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest
objection against any project, how well soever intended."
2. how do they? appeal to the audience