300 GAIN. 



I managed to retain sufficient self-pos- 

 session to reach over, for I had not been 

 seated, grasp the notes with one hand, 

 and put up the half-crowns that lay 

 under them with the other, and thrust 

 both indiscriminately into my breeches 

 pocket. 



After some little time my friend and I 

 retired, and entering an hotel in the Hay- 

 market, I proceeded to count my gains, 

 which amounted to 127?. 175. 6d. We then 

 regaled ourselves with some lobster salad 

 and other delicacies, I of course standing 

 treat ; but this was not attended with any 

 considerable expense, as since his accident 

 my friend Monops had never drank any- 

 thing stronger than tea, of which he im- 

 bibed a large quantity, and always had a 

 great objection to make what he termed 

 a hog-tub of his internals. Upon my asking 

 him how it was that I had been so success- 

 ful, or how he could account for my good 



