[160] Asiatic Researches. iv. 12
[161] Elémens de la Philosophie de Newton, v. Haller, the founder of modern physiology, assures us that “Newton, while he was engaged upon his Optics, lived almost entirely on bread, and wine, and water” (Newtonus, dum Optica scribebat, solo pœnè vino pane et aquâ vixit).—Elements of Physiology, vi., 198.
[162] A fact which brings out into strong relief the entirely superfluous luxuries of living of the English residents.
[163] Essai sur les Mœurs et l’Esprit des Nations, introduction section xvi., and chap. iii. and iv.
[164] See Gen. ix. and Ecclesiastes iii., 18, 19.—Note by Voltaire.
[165] See Lettres d’Amabed à Shastasid. See also article Viande in the Dictionnaire Philosophique.
[166] La Princesse de Babylone. Cf. Dialogue du Chapon et de la Poularde.
[167] See article Bêtes in the Dict. Phil.
[168] Elements of Physiology.
[169] Cf. Virgil’s “Magna parens frugum.”