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"Item, of the Cognac 25 degrees above proof, according to sample in the little green flask, 144 ankers at 4 gallons per anker, at 55s. 6d. per gallon, the said ankers to be ready slung for horse-carriage."

"Now may the mischief fly away with these English!" cried my father, to whom my mother was