Travels In England In 1782 By Charles P. Moritz





























































































 -   I should otherwise have been obliged to sell my
Prussian Fredericks-d'or for what they weighed; for some few Dutch - Page 18
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I Should Otherwise Have Been Obliged To Sell My Prussian Fredericks-D'or For What They Weighed; For Some Few Dutch Dollars Which I Was Obliged To Part With Before I Got This Credit They Only Gave Me Eight Shillings.

A foreigner has here nothing to fear from being pressed as a sailor, unless, indeed, he should be found at any suspicious place.

A singular invention for this purpose of pressing is a ship, which is placed on land not far from the Tower, on Tower Hill, furnished with masts and all the appurtenances of a ship. The persons attending this ship promise simple country people, who happen to be standing and staring at it, to show it to them for a trifle, and as soon as they are in, they are secured as in a trap, and according to circumstances made sailors of or let go again.

The footway, paved with large stones on both sides of the street, appears to a foreigner exceedingly convenient and pleasant, as one may there walk in perfect safety, in no more danger from the prodigious crowd of carts and coaches, than if one was in one's own room, for no wheel dares come a finger's breadth upon the curb stone. However, politeness requires you to let a lady, or any one to whom you wish to show respect, pass, not, as we do, always to the right, but on the side next the houses or the wall, whether that happens to be on the right or on the left, being deemed the safest and most convenient.

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