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the General settled the account. It was 

 always his custom, when he travelled, 

 to pay as much for his servant's breakfast, 

 dinner, or supper, as for his own. I was 

 told this by the keeper of a tavern, where 

 the General breakfasted ; and he made the 

 bill three shillings and nine pence for the 

 master's breakfast, and three shillings the 

 servant's. The General sent for the tavern- 

 keeper into the room, and desired he would 

 make the same charge for his servants 

 as for himself, for he doubted not that 

 they had eaten as much. This shews he 

 Was as correct in paying as in receiving. 

 It is said that he never had any thing 

 bought for his use that was by weight, 

 but he weighed it, or any thing by tale, 

 but he had it counted : and if he did not 

 find the due weight or number, he sent 

 the articles back again to be regulated. 

 There is a striking instance related of his 

 condescendency : he sent to a shoe-maker 

 in Alexandria to come to measure him 

 Jfor a pair of shoes ; the shoe-maker 



