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ruption, and a total ignorance of the 

 cause of it, I indignantly told him, calling 

 him by name, that he had committed a 

 breach of the law, by stopping me on 

 the King's highway, for which I should, 

 most certainly, call him to an account 

 before a proper tribunal; adding, that if 

 he had anything to say to me, and could 

 conduct himself decently, I was going 

 but a very little way farther he would 

 find me at Mr. Day's. 



"Let go my horse's head, sir," said I, 

 addressing myself to the ostler ; this the 

 fellow instantly did, and, just touching 

 him with the whip, we were soon under 

 Mr. Day's hospitable roof, where I always 

 had a hearty welcome. 



We had scarcely discussed a good 

 evening's meal, at which I always sub- 

 stituted malt liquor for the lighter and 

 more polite beverage and my excellent 

 host's home-brewed was of the best 



