Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 11 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from "A Month's Tour," page 11. The text describes the narrator's travels through what appears to be Wales, noting Mr. Sm——by's fustian (cloth) manufactory with its underground spring that emits eighty tons of water per minute. After dining on lamb and port at Holywell, the travelers encounter Mr. St——ple, described as an honest Briton descended from Cadwallader, who is an acquaintance of Mr. W——'s and waits at his gate to receive them. The narrative continues mid-sentence at page's end.
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hk MONTEPs TOUR: $4 ‘the very fmall compafs of about a quarter ‘of amie. Mr. Sm——by has lately e- ected here a fuftian manufactory: the water is carried under his garden by means of a fubterraneous arch, The {foring is fo copious, that eighty tons ef water are emitted inthe courfe of a mi- nufe. After dining upon a quarter of lamb, and reguling ourfelves with a bottle of ges nerous port, we prdéceeded on our jour- ney: but had: not:left Holywell beforewe met with an inftance of Britifh hofpitality — from the convivial Mr. St—ple. This honeft Briton, a genuine defcendant of ‘Cadwallader, being an acquaintance of. Mr. W-———’s, waited for-us at his gate, B 2 | and al 3) oe ; comicbooks.com