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friends (who may have included the Archbishop, 

 and who, no doubt, ' had their money on ') with 

 this patent proof of his merits as a citizen, that 

 they purchased for him, and presented to him, 

 ' the freedom of the city of Canterbury.' Mr. 

 Hutchinson, it is thought worthy of remark by 

 the contemporary, ' had his watch fastened on the 

 left sleeve of his jacket in order that he might 

 perceive how to regulate his exertions with ease 

 to himself, and to accomplish his object with 

 certainty.' The watch, which was a most excel- 

 lent one for keeping time, it appears, lost fifteen 

 minutes during his journey. This loss of time 

 is attributed to the ' velocity of motion it must 

 have experienced throughout this extraordinary 

 feat.' Hereupon an interesting query arises: 

 What good was Mr. Hutchinson's ingenious 

 arrangement of his timepiece } It might easily 

 have lost him and his friends their money if he 

 went by it ; and if he did not go by it, but by the 

 public clocks on his road, it was of no more use 

 than the bracelet-watch — which was perhaps a 

 revival in his honour, and which seems always 

 to have ' stopped ' — of the fashionable lady in our 

 days. Rider's weight unknown. 



