following anecdote, faid to be of r^^ 

 cent occurrence, will exeroplifr, to you, w^iat 

 maybe termed the w^arextravagance of Portf- 

 mouth. A gentleman^ who had been ill, 

 called on his way to Southampton^ to dine 

 at one of the inns, and having but a weak 

 appetite, ordered only a veal- cutlet, with a 

 pint of wine, for w^hich he was charged 

 eighteen fhillings. Conceiving, there muil 

 be fome error, he defired to fpeak w4th the 

 landlord, who, inftead of conduding himfelf 

 with the civility of a perfon obliged by the 

 preference given to his hoiife, doubled the 

 offence by his infolence. Upon the gentle- 

 man telling him that he apprehended fome 

 miftake had occurred, refpeding the demand 

 made for his dinner, he looked at the bill, and, 

 immediately, replied, " Yes, Sir ! there is a 

 miftake, I perceive." Accordingly he took the 

 account back with him, into the bar, as the 

 gentleman fuppofed, to make the neceffary 

 dedudions* — but, to his furprife, the waiter 

 quickly returned with it, increafed from e'lgh- 

 teen to nineteen fliilllngs. 



The gentleman feeling enraged at the 

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