Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 106 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 106: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or descriptive account titled "A MONTH's TOUR" (page 106). The text discusses the state of manufactures and useful arts in an unnamed location, noting that most crafts remain in their infancy compared to neighboring kingdoms. It specifically mentions that the region excels in linen, cabinets, and stuffs, but observes they have little familiarity with woolens and are unlikely to succeed in that trade despite efforts to rival the English. The passage breaks off mid-sentence discussing "The White-boys," a group identified only by their manner of dress.
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i066 «=A MONTH’s TOUR, fingular advantage to trade and com- merce. Sy | Moft of the ufeful arts of life, though they have of late years made a rapid pro-_ erefs, are here ftill in their infancy, when compared to that aftonifhing degree of perfeciion they are at in the neighbouring kingdoms. The principal manufactures they excel in are thofe of linen, tabinets, and ftuffs ‘The woollen manufacture is what they, are. very little acquainted with, nor is it ever likely to become an advantageous concern to them, notwithftanding their prefent laudable efforts to vie with the Englifh in this article. The White-boys, fo called from weat- | comicbooks.com