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248 EXCURSION TO DUNDRY.
A temporary bridge, erected with the stone and
intended mortar, c rassed the canal at that time j
but the fierce red of the sand in the latter ruined
the appearance of the work. Iron bridges are,
however, to be exclusively preferred.
An indifferent suburb, termed Bedminsrer,
closely but meanly built, extends a considerable
dislance on each side of the Bridgewater road.
Numbers of one-horse-carts, and lasses seated on
horseback, between large baskets, were returning
from market; and a recruiting party proceeded
nearly at my pace, with fifteen lads whom they
escorted, with the honours of war, to the branch-
ing of the road, two miles and a half from Bristol;
where they were committed to the care of three
sokliers; and the martial musick, with the fine
gentlemen bedecked with ribands, returned to
the city to ensnare others.
The drums and fifes roused the inhabitants of
Bedminster, and brought them to their doors.
Three labourers balanced themselves on a stile.
" Ay," said one, c< go to slaughter, like the
brutes in Smithfield. God keep I, and all my
family, from that!"
I readily perceived that the senses- of the recruits
were disordered by excessive drinking. Their
countenances indicated wildness, and their actions
were frantic. They threw heavy stones at each
other,
A temporary bridge, erected with the stone and
intended mortar, c rassed the canal at that time j
but the fierce red of the sand in the latter ruined
the appearance of the work. Iron bridges are,
however, to be exclusively preferred.
An indifferent suburb, termed Bedminsrer,
closely but meanly built, extends a considerable
dislance on each side of the Bridgewater road.
Numbers of one-horse-carts, and lasses seated on
horseback, between large baskets, were returning
from market; and a recruiting party proceeded
nearly at my pace, with fifteen lads whom they
escorted, with the honours of war, to the branch-
ing of the road, two miles and a half from Bristol;
where they were committed to the care of three
sokliers; and the martial musick, with the fine
gentlemen bedecked with ribands, returned to
the city to ensnare others.
The drums and fifes roused the inhabitants of
Bedminster, and brought them to their doors.
Three labourers balanced themselves on a stile.
" Ay," said one, c< go to slaughter, like the
brutes in Smithfield. God keep I, and all my
family, from that!"
I readily perceived that the senses- of the recruits
were disordered by excessive drinking. Their
countenances indicated wildness, and their actions
were frantic. They threw heavy stones at each
other,