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Obadiah Mouſetrap. 21 the depth of thoſe worthy gentlemen's honeſty; whether with any view to serve his own intereſt, I ſhall leave my < >eader to judge of. So one day, as he was walking upon the deck with them, and talking of indifferent things, he says to one of them, (we'll ſuppoſe him whom he thought propereſt to begin with) friend, wilt thou go into any cabin, and drink a glaſs of rum? have a caſk of that which is quite neat, if thou wilt come and taſte it, and give me thy opinion of it, I ſhall be obliged to thee. The officer complied, and they each of them drank a glaſs or two of it; and which the officer very much praiſed. The Quaker perceiving his ſpirits a little elivated, and believing him in a proper cue for is purpoſe, puled out of his pocket green purſe, with about ſixty guineas in it, ſays he, Friend, as far as I can perceive of thee, thou appeareſt to be a perſon of quick fight and good understanding; therefore I ſhall have to occaſion to make a multitude of words, where I only wiſh to ſpeak, and ſtraight be underſtood. Thou < >eſt this green purſe, and what it