Politics and Social Changes 



cousin, Mr. Poyntz, upholsterer, at the sign of 

 the " Goat " in Cornhill, near the Royal 

 Exchange, London, Mr. JeafFreson points out 

 the advantages of this trade, and adds, " There 

 is noe living here without those wines. If 

 you consign the goods to Mr. Pickfourd and 

 Mr. Allen, I doubt not that they will be just 

 in shipping the valew for my use. It is worth 

 sometimes five or seven pounds a pipe. If you 

 can doe this with conveniency, it would save 

 me the charge of buying it here, and if there 

 bee more than enough for my own drinking I 

 feare not to dispose of it well." The West 

 Indians had not as yet discovered the virtues 

 of the cock-tail. 



During his stay at Funchal, Mr. Jeaffreson 

 kept his eyes open, and some of his observa- 

 tions would not be out of place to-day. " The 

 walkes from the cittie are so rugged and uneven, 

 that one may be said to climbe rather than 

 walke abroad. But these difficulties are recom- 

 pensed with the fruitefull, well cultivated, and 

 pleasant viniards, the frequent delightfuU land- 

 skipps, with the frequent and odoriferous scents 

 of the weedes or common herbes and field- 

 flowers, which Nature produces of herself in 



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