il8 TRAVELLII^G MEMORAEtJ:.I$. Jutie r, 



6r\ his routs, ought to have it — Guthrie's gen^rapbical 

 grammar is the heft book, of that kind, fo far as 1 know — 

 }t is concife, accurate, and inftru£Vive — And I think 

 it is one verj proper Vade mccum for travellers. 



I fet out from London for Dover on the 5th of Sep- 

 tember r786, attended by two uncommonly good fer- 

 vants ; one of them, a foreigner, fpoke French, Ita- 

 lian and German. By good ndvice, I avoid fatigue : 

 and though I travel by poft, mv daily journies 

 are very eafy. For tne firft night, I was at the King's 

 Head, Rochefter ; on the fecond night, at the Rofe- 

 Jnn, Sittingbourne ; next day, the 7th September, I 

 arrived at the City of London inn, Dover, Many tra- 

 vellers have complained loudly of extortion on this 

 road — I experienced no caufe for this complaint. At 

 both the above inns, I had good fare, and more mo- 

 derate bill§ than ordinary in the foutheru parts of Eng- 

 land. 1 was uncommonly pleafed witli the iim ac 

 Dover — The landlady, a widow, is fenlible, civil, 

 remarkably anri unaffedledly kind and attentive to her 



guefls Juft after my arrival, four or live captains of 



yachts, altogether, entered my room, and ratijer in a 

 blunt and forward manner, fevemlly preiicd for my em- 

 ployment. After feme refleclion, 1 told them that I had 

 a friend in town with whom 1 would advife ; that Iwifli- 

 ed them to retire for the prefent ; and that, if they 

 ihougfit proper to return in about an hour and ai> half, 

 1 Ihould be then ready to determine myfelf — In the 



interim I converfed with my landlady on the matter 



She appeared Ihy of explicit and particular ad- 

 vice, for fear of ofl'ence to any of them ; but from 

 fhrewd hints, I perceived that Ihe had the belt opinion 

 .of a Captain Sharp, whofe good countenance and gen- 

 tle manner had already prepoiFefled me in his favour. 

 Accordingly, when they returned, which they did 

 very pundually at the time appointed, I difmiffed the 

 sell, and dealt with him ; an-^l from his very fair and 



