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I have been
assured by a very knowing
（会意的，
知情的，
心照不宣的）
American of my acquaintance in London,
that a young healthy child well
nursed
is at a year old a most delicious,
nourishing
（
nourishing food
滋补
食品）
, and
wholesome
（有益健康的）
food,
whether
stewed
（炖，
煨）
,
roasted
（烘，
烤，
焙）
,
baked
（烘烤，
焙）
, or
boiled; and I make no doubt
that it
will equally serve in a fricassee
（油焖原汁肉块）
or a
ragout
（蔬
菜炖肉）
.
I do therefore humbly offer
it to public consideration that of the hundred
and twenty thousand children already
computed
（计算，估算）
, twenty
thousand may be
reserved
（保留，储备）
for breed,
whereof
（
关于什
么，关于那个）
only
one-fourth part to be males; which is more than we
allow to sheep, black cattle or
swine
（猪）
; and my reason is,
that these
children
are
seldom
the
fruits
of
marriage,
a
circumstance
not
much
regarded by our savages
（野蛮人，
未开化的人）
,
therefore one male will
be sufficient
to serve four females.
That the remaining hundred thousand
may, at a year old, be offered in the
sale
to
the
persons of
quality
and
fortune
through
the
kingdom;
always
advising the mother to let them suck
（吮吸，
含在嘴里吸食）
plentifu
lly
in the last month, so as to
render
使变得，是成为）
them plump and fat