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mildness of the air, and is therefore often recom- 

 mended to invalids in the incipient stages of con- 

 sumption. Teignmouth and Torquay certainly 

 surpass in magnitude nnd fashionable celebrity, all 

 the watering places on the Devonshire coast, and 

 the erection of this bridge has materially contributed 

 towards their success. 



H. 



THE ANTIQUARIAN, No. III. 

 CJr Creatgse of Cailorie antr Caglourft. 



AS DELIVERED IN A LECTURE AT THE OKEHAMPTON INSTITUTION, 

 FEBRUARY 3RD, 1836. 



None, I trust, are here present this evening, to learn 

 of the ancient art and mystery of tailorie and its 

 professors in England, but are come in a spirit be- 

 fitting the interest, and let me add the importance, 

 of the enquiry. Poets, playwrights, and novelists, 

 have too often pointed their wit, and levelled their 

 raillery against this inoffensive and, proverbially, 

 peaceful calling; and the knights of the thimble 

 have, in graver works even, been treated with a levity 

 the subject might well have spared. In short, on 

 this head, I may assert for my clients of to-night, 

 the mild plea — 



" That they are men 

 More sinned against than sinners." 



But in this bespeaking your favour for others, it 

 may be necessary to say my own say of apology in 

 behalf of antiquarian research generally. When, 

 during the first session of this society, I had the 

 honourable gratification of appearing before you 

 with my little paper on this right ancient barony 

 and corporate town, aye, and why should not my 

 native friends, be they of whatever party, remember 

 with pride that fait Ilium, it loas a borough ; at 

 that time the subject-matter was its own all-sufficing 



