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of errandry and porterage, as well as polishing boots and 

 shoes. He is very helpful in a great many different 

 ways, and often very intelligent, and knows all about 

 the streets, the railway trains, the omnibuses, cabs, &c., 

 and will assist you in such matters with good grace and 

 activity. He may have got in the way of putting the 

 H before the eggs instead of the ham ; but he is just, 

 as good for all that, and more interesting besides. So 

 you do not grudge the 3d. you give him daily for his 

 strictly professional services, or the extra 6d. he expects 

 for carrying your carpet-bag or portmanteau to the 

 railway-station. 



Thus, although this feeing of servants may seem at 

 first strange to an American traveller in England, and 

 may occasion him some perplexity and even annoyance, 

 he will soon become accustomed to it ; and in making 

 up the balance-sheet of the additional cost on one side 

 and the additional comfort on the other which the 

 system produces, he will come even to the mathematical 

 conclusion, " if to equals you add equals, the sums will 

 be equals." 



