Transcription: Partitions formed by articles of furniture as Chests of Drawers, Kitchen Dressers and Wardrobes. When the Female becomes pregnant by this immoral practice of Bundling the Man to whom she swears the Child is expected to marry Her but as this formerly sacred obligation is not now in modern days always performed the natural consequence is that more illegitimate Children are born in Wales than in any other part of the Kingdom. When a Marriage is decided upon that good old usage the Bidding still prevails and is attended with the most happy and beneficial effects. Notwithstanding the too frequent occurence of illegitimate Birth Instances of Infanticide are extremely rare so much so that during a very long and extensive acquaintance with this part of Wales I have not known of more than four or five suspected cases at the time written. This fact may be easily accounted for on the Principle ...

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