I was, much against my Will, obliged to leave her to her Fate. Here I would observe, it appear’d the _Body_ was that of a large Boy, and tho’ I find GIFFARD and others made no Scruple of leaving the _Arms_ of a small Child, I must join with them in advising not to bring a _large one_, without first _procuring_ the _Arms_; tho’ I will not say, whether the Method of delivering on one Side instead of the _Back_, the lower Part somewhat _raised_ from the Bed, at the same Time _encouraging_ Labour with Hopes of immediate Delivery, recommended by DEVENTER, may not occasion the Danger of leaving the _Arms_. There are Variety of other wrong _Situations_, and _Cases_ of Difficulty, which I could illustrate by Examples in my own Practice, and may be found in the Observations of MAURICEAU DE-LA-MOTTE, GIFFARD and others, for the Information of such as practise Midwifry, that have no Relation to the Information of Midwives, either in their own Practice, or Occasions of Assistance. CHAPTER XIII. _Of_ TWINS. The Case of _Twins_ may, in many Country Places, be esteemed beyond the Skill of Women _practicing_ Midwifry; but as they are not alike ignorant, and this Delivery, with a right Management, is attended with no great Difficulty, I shall describe it as plainly as I can. If a Child comes naturally by the Force of the _Mother_’s Pains, and the _After-birth_ does not easily follow, the Midwife, by passing her Hand to separate its Adhesion as directed in the sixth Chapter, will readily find whether _another_ Child still remains to be born, by the Appearance of other _Membranes_, including _Waters_, &c. And as where more than one is to be born, they are generally proportionably smaller, and tho’ the first Child comes naturally, the second may not, she need not wait for the _Birth_ of the other, by the meer Force of Nature, for this would greatly hazard the Life of the Child, and sometimes of the Mother, by a Flooding; but ought to break the _Membranes_, and search for the _Feet_, carefully preventing their being intangled with the _Navel-string_; and having got both in her Hand, draw them into the _Passage_; if the Child’s _Toes_ point to the _Mother’s Back_, there will be no Danger of the _Chin_ or _Nose_ being hung on the _Bones_ before, and she may draw the _Feet_ forth with the rest of the _Body_, without delaying to bring down the _Arms_, encouraging the Mother to assist in the mean Time, by _bearing down with or without Pains_. In Case the _Child’s Toes_ should point to the _Mother’s Belly_, the Midwife, in drawing the Child forth from the _Hips forward_, must gradually _turn_ the _Belly_ of the Child towards the _Mother’s Back_, by the Assistance of the other Hand in the proceeding.