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 partner are ſucceſsful; they wager on the odd trick, the beſt trump, double and treble the ſtakes, till, by ſad reverſe of fortune, The deluded country-man and his artful partner are ſtripped of the laſt farthing.

RING-DROPPERS.

are a ſet of cheats, who frequently trick ſimple people, both from the country and in London, out of their money; but moſt commonly exerciſe their villainous art upon young women. Their method of proceeding is thus: Privately to drop a ring, juſt before ſuch perſons come up, when they accoſt them as follows; Young woman, I have found a ring, and believe it is gold, for here is a ſtamp upon it. Immediately upon this, an accomplice joins him, who, being aſked the queſtion, replies, it is gold, Well, ſays the former, as the young woman ſaw me pick it up, the has a right to half of it. As it often happens that the young perſon has but a few ſhillings on her, the Dropper fays, If you incline the ring, you ſhall have it for what you have got in your pocket, and what elſe you can give me:—which ſometimes proves to be a good