My horse was soon produced, and in fine we struck a bargain.

Nothing now remained but to pay me, and he accordingly pulled out a thirty pound note, and bid me change it.

Not being in a capacity of complying with his demand, he ordered his footman to be called up, who made his appearance in a very genteel livery.

'Here, Abraham,' cried he, 'go and get gold for this; you'll do it at neighbour Jackson's, or any where.' While the fellow was gone, he entertained me with a pathetic harangue on the great scarcity of silver, which I undertook to improve, by deploring also the great scarcity of gold; so that by the time Abraham returned, we had both agreed that money was never so hard to be come at as now.

Abraham returned to inform us, that he had been over the whole fair and could not get change, tho' he had offered half a crown for doing it.