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of Watchmen. The Cricketer had play'd his own two parishes
against all Surry for 100 Guineas, and beat all Surry hollow:
that same Surry that before now has beat all England. He is
preparing with great alacrity to reap another such victory over
the same antagonist; and if fortune should second his ambition
may come one day to pull Lord Tankerville or even the Duke
of Dorset from his throne. The Captain (with a servant) was riding on his
own horses to London; from whence he was to ride 200 miles
in two days on Post-horses to (God-a-mercy on the poor horses)
to Stamford in Lincolnshire there to sign his name to a
[muster-roll] (Return Wilson says it is) and come back again. He over took us as we
were walking forward from the breakfasting place; dined at
the same Inn that we did; and being by that time grown tired
as he said of of "bumping" (of which he had but 200 miles more to go through in two
days) and seeing (as he was polite enough to say) such a prospect
of good company, he stepped into the Coach; the second time he
ever was in a Stage-Coach in his life. We had not gone far
before Ld: Abergavenny's carriage met us; and a nod was
given, and a "how-d'ye-do, my Lord".

Least you should begin to wonder how we found room for so much
company, some of them none of the smallest, it may now be proper to
inform you that all the characters I have been mentioning, that
of the Welch Drover excepted, center'd in one person. This one
person shall for shortness sake be called the Captain. His name
is Philips or Phelps. He lives not above 5 or 6 miles from
Uckfield. It might I think have been called Legion. See
the story of the Hogs and Devils in the Jugg-book. I forgot
to add to the lists of characters that of the Fox-hunter; though
that indeed is but little separated from that of distinguished from the Country Justice.
He shew'd us the spot where he had lately killed a Fox with a pack

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Date_1	1777-12-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings	[[main_headings::"Travels of G. Wilson and J. Bentham Esq, from Maresfield[?] to London"]]
Folio number	147	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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