the main valley, filled with shingle, was smooth and nearly

alludes to particular incidents. The clergy are there made the

principal object of ridicule, which is understood but by few among

the laity. To explain this a commentary would be requisite, and

humour when explained is no longer humour. Whoever sets up for a

commentator of smart sayings and repartees is himself a blockhead.

This is the reason why the works of the ingenious Dean Swift, who

has been called the English Rabelais, will never be well understood

in France. This gentleman has the honour (in common with Rabelais)