The Dumpling-Eaters are a Race sprung partly from the old _Epicurean_, and partly from the _Peripatetic Sect_; they were brought first into _Britain_ by _Julius Cesar_; and finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolv'd never to go Home again. Their Doctrines are Amphibious, and compos'd _Party per Pale_ of the two Sects before-mention'd; from the _Peripatetics_, they derive their Principle of Walking, as a proper Method to digest a Meal, or create an Appetite; from the _Epicureans_, they maintain that all Pleasures are comprehended in good Eating and Drinking: And so readily were their Opinions embrac'd, that every Day produc'd many Proselytes; and their Numbers have from Age to Age increas'd prodigiously, insomuch that our whole Island is over-run with them, at present. Eating and Drinking are become so Customary among us that we seem to have entirely forgot, and laid aside the old Fashion of Fasting: Instead of having Wine sold at Apothecaries Shops, as formerly, every Street has two or three Taverns in it, least these Dumpling-Eaters should faint by the Way; nay, so zealous are they in the Cause of _Bacchus_, that one of the Chief among 'em has made a Vow never to say his Prayers 'till he has a Tavern of _his own_ in every Street in _London_, and in every Market-Town in _England_. What may we then in Time expect? Since by insensible Degrees, their Society is become so numerous and formidable, that they are without Number; other Bodies have their Meetings, but where can the Dumpling-Eaters assemble? what Place large enough to contain 'em! The _Bank_, _India_, and _South-Sea_ Companies have their General Courts, the _Free-Masons_ and the _Gormogons_ their Chapters; nay, our Friends the _Quakers_ have their Yearly Meetings. And who would imagine any of these should be Dumpling-Eaters? But thus it is, the Dumpling-Eating Doctrine has so far prevailed among 'em, that they eat not only Dumplings, but _Puddings_, and those in no small Quantities. The Dumpling is indeed, of more antient Institution, and of _Foreign_ Origin; but alas, what were those Dumplings? nothing but a few Lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd Fat, not much unlike our Gritt or Oatmeal Pudding; yet were they of such Esteem among the ancient _Romans_, that a Statue was erected to _Fulvius Agricola_, the first Inventor of these Lentil Dumplings. How unlike the Gratitude shewn by the Publick to our Modern Projectors!