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but, havin' got into debt, he was obliged to sell off; 

 and from Moscow, which, as you all know, is a great 

 seaport, it passed into the hands of the Grand Duke 

 of Teheran or Tombuctoo, who lives somewhere about 

 the Cape of Good Hope. From there it came to 

 Boston in the brig Sarah, Captain Larks. I was one 

 of the first to go on board, and as soon as I smelled 

 to it, I knew directly what time o' day it was 

 where the wind blew from, as I may say. Ladies, 

 here you have the means of preservin' your health 

 and your beauty for the longest day you live, and 

 all for two dollars only two dollars a box. In 

 short, ladies and gentlemen," concluded the perse- 

 vering fellow sententiously, " you have my warranty 

 that this sarve heals all curable diseases ; and if it 

 be true, as the famous Doctor Flathead says, that 

 there be only two sorts of maladies them of which 

 people die, and them of which they get Avell you 

 must see how important it is to have a box of the 

 Palmyra 'intment. Best of all sarves, ladies ! two 

 dollars a box, ladies ! 



" Ladies and gentlemen," resumed Mr Bundle after 

 a brief pause, " d'ye want any other articles silks, 

 linen, calicoes, fine spices, nutmegs'? None of your 

 walnut-wood nutmegs, but ginm'we Boston goods, out 

 of the most respectable stores. Ah ! ladies and gen- 

 tlemen, Jared Bundle's tea and coffee pots let me 

 recommend 'em to you. The metal is of a particular 

 sort, corrects the oily matter contained in the tea, 



