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]64 A SATIRICAL DESCRIPTION
Yearns of endlessputrefa&ion; and theie would, undoubtedly;
produce a peHilence, if they were not qualified by the gross
acid of lea-coal, which is itself apernicious nuisance to lungs
os any delicacy of texture: but even this boaHed corrector
cannot prevent those languid, sallow looks, that diHinguish
the inhabitants of London from thole ruddy iwains that lead
a country-life — I go to bed aster midnight, jaded and
reHless from the diisipationsof the day <—' I Hart every hour
Horn my keep, at the horrid noise of the watchman bawl-
ing the hour through every Hreet, and thundering at every
door; a let of useleis fellows, who lerve no other purpole
but that os diHurbing the repose os the inhabitants; and by
five o'clock 1 Hart out of bed, in conlequence ofthe Hill more
dreadful alarm made by the country carts, and noily ruHics
bellowing green pease under my window. If I would drink
water, I muH quail the mawkish contents of an open aqueduch,
exposed to all manner os defilement; or iwallow that which
comes from the river Thames, impregnated with all the filth
of London and WeHminHer — Mud and mire are the leaH
oftensive parts of the concrete, which is composed of all the
drugs, minerals, and poisons, uled in mechanics and manu-
sactures, enriched with the putresying carcases os beaHs and
men; and mixed with the scourings of all the wash-tubs,
kennels, and common sew^ers, within the bills os Mortality.
This is the agreable potation, extolled by the Londoners,
as the sineH water in the universe. — As tho the intoxicating
potion, sold for wine, it is a vile, unpalatable, and perni-
cious sophiitication, balderdashedwith cyder, corn-lpirit,
and the juice os sloes. In an action at law , laid againH a
carman for having Haved a cask of port, it appeared Horn
the evidence oMhe cooper, that there were not above five
gallons of real wine in the whole pipe, which held above a
hundred,'and even that had been brewed and adulterated by
the merchant at Oporto. The bread I eat in London, is a
deleterious paHe, mixed up with chalk, allum, and bone
ash.es; inspidtothetaHe, anddeHruclivetotheconititution.
The good people are not ignorant of this adulteration; but
they prefer it to wholesome bread, because whiter than the
meal of corn: it is thus they lacrihce their taHe and their
health, and the lives of their tender infants, toanroHablurd
gratification os a mis-judging eye; and the miller, or the
baker, is obliged to poilon them and their families, in order
to live by his profeihon. The same monitrous depravity
appears
Yearns of endlessputrefa&ion; and theie would, undoubtedly;
produce a peHilence, if they were not qualified by the gross
acid of lea-coal, which is itself apernicious nuisance to lungs
os any delicacy of texture: but even this boaHed corrector
cannot prevent those languid, sallow looks, that diHinguish
the inhabitants of London from thole ruddy iwains that lead
a country-life — I go to bed aster midnight, jaded and
reHless from the diisipationsof the day <—' I Hart every hour
Horn my keep, at the horrid noise of the watchman bawl-
ing the hour through every Hreet, and thundering at every
door; a let of useleis fellows, who lerve no other purpole
but that os diHurbing the repose os the inhabitants; and by
five o'clock 1 Hart out of bed, in conlequence ofthe Hill more
dreadful alarm made by the country carts, and noily ruHics
bellowing green pease under my window. If I would drink
water, I muH quail the mawkish contents of an open aqueduch,
exposed to all manner os defilement; or iwallow that which
comes from the river Thames, impregnated with all the filth
of London and WeHminHer — Mud and mire are the leaH
oftensive parts of the concrete, which is composed of all the
drugs, minerals, and poisons, uled in mechanics and manu-
sactures, enriched with the putresying carcases os beaHs and
men; and mixed with the scourings of all the wash-tubs,
kennels, and common sew^ers, within the bills os Mortality.
This is the agreable potation, extolled by the Londoners,
as the sineH water in the universe. — As tho the intoxicating
potion, sold for wine, it is a vile, unpalatable, and perni-
cious sophiitication, balderdashedwith cyder, corn-lpirit,
and the juice os sloes. In an action at law , laid againH a
carman for having Haved a cask of port, it appeared Horn
the evidence oMhe cooper, that there were not above five
gallons of real wine in the whole pipe, which held above a
hundred,'and even that had been brewed and adulterated by
the merchant at Oporto. The bread I eat in London, is a
deleterious paHe, mixed up with chalk, allum, and bone
ash.es; inspidtothetaHe, anddeHruclivetotheconititution.
The good people are not ignorant of this adulteration; but
they prefer it to wholesome bread, because whiter than the
meal of corn: it is thus they lacrihce their taHe and their
health, and the lives of their tender infants, toanroHablurd
gratification os a mis-judging eye; and the miller, or the
baker, is obliged to poilon them and their families, in order
to live by his profeihon. The same monitrous depravity
appears