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 see if all my money was safe; upon which I pulled out my purse and reckoning my money, in my hand, I assured him I had lost nothing. “Well then, says he, so much the better this is God's-send; and as you two were present when I picked it up, you are entitled to equal shares with me.” But we absolutely refused any part of the sum.—“Come, gentlemen, said he, you are too modest; but you shall give me leave to treat you with a wet this cold raw morning.”—I would have declined this invitation, but Strap whispered to me, that the gentleman would be affronted, and I complied. We perceived a public-house, which we entered, and found a man sitting with a pint of purl before him. Our new acquaintance asked us if ever we had drank egg-flip? To which we answering in the negative, he assured us of a regale, and ordered a quart to be prepared, calling for pipes and tobacco at the same time. We found this very palatable, and drank heartily: the conversation, which was introduced by the gentlemen, turned upon the snares that young unexperienced people are exposed to in this metropolis. After we had put the cann about for some time, our new friend began to yawn, telling us, he had been up all night with a sick person; and proposed we should have recourse to some diversion, to keep him awake. Although I had no great inclination for gaming, I felt no aversion to pass