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9 Cause &c
this species of paper unfit for[ the ordinary course of]
general circulation : it is of itself sufficient to place throw
it out of the ordinary course current of private dealings . It
is an article a commodity so few in comparison , are qualified able to bid for , that
these few in their biddings can not but enjoy by that
means a considerable advantage . It is so few mens
money that that circumstance is of itself sufficient
to prevent this species of paper from being generally
known . Accordingly, the circulation of it is confined
in great measure , for ought I know to the metropolis :
it is confined to the neighbourhood of the
Alley : to Bankers , Stock-Brokers and the other classes
of Money -Dealers : a man may have enjoy'd a large income
a man may even have had very capital very extensive dealings on the
way of trade , and yet go out of the world without
having ever set eyes on one Exchequer Bill .
7 - in which respect , it is not helped by the small Bank notes as the large Bank notes are The Bank it may be said issued notes for as sums
large as large a sum as £100 : indeed for sums to a prodigious
degree larger: and yet there is no more discount
upon these large Bills Notes of the Bank than upon the very
smallest ones. True : but then along with these larger
notes the Bank issues and that in great plenty the
smaller notes abovementioned , and that in such plenty
as to be in readiness for change of the larger notes
whenever and by whomsoever such change is wanted. This nor
