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had no idea where they were made ; the 

 woman told me they got them at Measham, 

 in Leicestershire, and as I greatly longed to 

 possess one, with my usual impetuosity, I 

 looked up Measham in a Bradshaw, and 



Deck-can. 



started off for it the next day. The trains 

 were awkward, there being no less than six 

 junctions to be passed, and I had to spend 

 the night at Coventry, from whence the line 

 passes to Nuneaton, through that sort of 

 country the soil of which is chiefly composed 



