The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding].

  • Henry Fielding
Date:
1755
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Credit: The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And here having mentioned the ex¬ treme cheapnefs of fifh in the Devon- lhire lea, and given fome little hint of the extreme dearnefs with which this commodity is difpenfed by thofe who deal in it in London, I cannot pafs on without throwing forth an obfervation or two, with the fame view with which I have fcattered my feveral remarks through this voyage, fufficiently fatis- fied in having hnifhed my life, as I have, probably loft it, in the fervice of rny country, from the beft of motives, tho’ it fhould be attended with the word of fuccefs. Ends are always in our power ; means are very feldom fo. Of all the animal foods with which man is furnifhed, there are none fo plenty as fifh* A little rivulet, that glides almoft unperceived through a vad trad; of rich land, will fupport more hundreds with the flefh of its inhabi¬ tants than the meadow will nouriffi in¬ dividuals.