he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of the world, on account of the extreme attachment of the inhabitants to the Cytherean ſports.
In fact, Soviet astronomers once thought that the thick, dense Cytherean atmosphere might not let any sunlight reach the surface.