XV + 

It is a great pityвБ†вЄЇвБ†but вАЩtis certain from every dayвАЩs observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either endвБ†вАФprovided there is a sufficient wick standing out; if there is notвБ†вАФthereвАЩs an end of the affair; and if there isвБ†вАФby lighting it at the bottom, as the flame in that case has the misfortune generally to put out itselfвБ†вАФthereвАЩs an end of the affair again. + 

For my part, could I always have the ordering of it which way I would be burnt myselfвБ†вАФfor I cannot bear the thoughts of being burnt like a beastвБ†вАФI would oblige a housewife constantly to light me at the top; for then I should burn down decently to the socket; that is, from my head to my heart, from my heart to my liver, from my liver to my bowels, and so on by the meseraick veins and arteries, through all the turns and lateral insertions of the intestines and their tunicles to the blind gutвБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

вЄЇвБ†I beseech you, doctor Slop, quoth my uncle Toby, interrupting him as he mentioned the blind gut, in a discourse with my father the night my mother was brought to bed of meвБ†вЄЇвБ†I beseech you, quoth my uncle Toby, to tell me which is the blind gut; for, old as I am, I vow I do not know to this day where it lies. + 

The blind gut, answered doctor Slop, lies betwixt the Ilion and ColonвБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

In a man? said my father. + 

вЄЇвАЩTis precisely the same, cried doctor Slop, in a woman.вБ†вЄЇвБ† + 

ThatвАЩs more than I know; quoth my father. + 