82 Notes and Sketches. 



business done in woollen cloths among merchants and 

 others. About the period indicated there were, as 

 now, tents in the fair for supplying refreshments. 

 Such a thing as whisky for sale was unknown, the 

 liquor being confined to home-brewed ale, which was 

 much drunk, though it was rare to see any one tipsy. 



