[334] Perennial Calendar.
September 6.
Chronology.
On the 6th of September, 1734, died in France, the Sieur Michael Tourant, aged ninety-eight, of whom it is said he never eat salt, and had none of the infirmities of old age.[335]
A Total Eclipse in Caligraphy.
To the Editor of the Every-Day Book.
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