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' You would see them walk back ! ' They carried a good 

 store of liquor to keep up their spirits during the long 

 journey. One sees such jovial parties, depicted by Cruik- 

 shank ; brandishing the stumpy-shaped bottles, some of which 

 are shown in the illustration. 



Such loads of seafaring men sometimes proved a danger 

 to the coaches. They were so much accustomed to being 

 swung about in boats, that, when the coach lurched and 

 swayed on a bad bit of road, or coming downhill, they let 



Glass Bottles of a Hundred Years Ago 



themselves go and swayed with it, instead of following the 

 landsman's instinct of poising the body to counteract the 

 movement of the carriage. Coaches have been overturned 

 from this cause. 



Relics of the frequent passing of sailors have remained 

 in the old town. The carving of cocoa-nuts was a favourite 

 occupation on long voyages. The patterns on tAvo of the 

 examples illustrated show a tine feeling for decorative design. 

 On one of them some radiating, fan-shaped flutings leave 



