The dreamer / [Anon].

  • William King
Date:
1754
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The dreamer / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    panion, as he was a dexterous engineer. He ‘told me, the InrENDAanTs employed him, becaufe they could not find any other man in the land fo. fit for their purpofe ; for, altho’ little fkill was required to tranfmute the: pa- per, the, natives were fuch bunglers, that he could do more work in a week, than any one, the moft fkilful among them, could per- form in a year: that difpatch, which in alt af- fairs is commendable, in this bufinefs. was of abfolute neceffity ; for, as:the whole country was governed by money, and the God of the country demanded to be fed with ingots and bars of gold, inftead of hecatombs of beef, and the fnuff, which he conftantly took, was gold duft, which he preferred to the beft Spa- nifo, the InTENDaNTS were obliged to keep their magazines always full: that; forhis part, he worked at a very reafonable rate, and was con- tent with a tenth part of the metal, which he made. I faid in anfwer, that he mutt certain- ly have acquired an univerfal efteem, fince | he
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