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And thus concludes the journal of my last peregrination."
Peregrine's curiosity being inflamed by this extraordinary
conclusion he turned to the beginning, and perused several sheets
of a diary such as is commonly kept by that class of people known
by the denomination of travelling governors, for the satisfaction
of themselves and the parents or guardians of their pupils, and
for the edification and entertainment of their friends.
That the reader may have a clear idea of Mr. Jolter's performance,
we shall transcribe the transactions of one day, as he had recorded
them; and that abstract will be a sufficient specimen of the whole
plan and execution of the work.
"May 3. At eight o'clock, set out from Boulogne in a post-chaise:
the morning hazy and cold. Fortified my stomach with a cordial.
Recommended ditto to Mr. P. as an antidote against the fog. Mem.
He refused it. The hither horse greased in the off-pastern of the
hind leg. Arrived at Samers. Mem. This last was a post and a half,
i.e. three leagues, or nine English miles. The day clears up.


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