Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 70 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 70: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or adventure tale. The text describes the narrator and a companion named Tina-Hinch arriving at an inn after climbing a hill, only to find the host has prepared meager hospitality. The meal consists of poorly-preserved salt beef, three chickens, and a quarter of lamb, served without sauce or vegetables, along with a wet cloth and blunt knives. The passage concludes by introducing the waiter as "a most original Hibernian character" whose description apparently follows on the next page.
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