Germany, and when I return thither myself, refund to the
correspondent of the merchant here the sum which he here pays me in
English money. I should otherwise have been obliged to sell my
Prussian Fredericks-d'or for what they weighed; for some few Dutch
dollars which I was obliged to part with before I got this credit
they only gave me eight shillings.

A foreigner has here nothing to fear from being pressed as a sailor,
unless, indeed, he should be found at any suspicious place. A
singular invention for this purpose of pressing is a ship, which is
placed on land not far from the Tower, on Tower Hill, furnished with
masts and all the appurtenances of a ship. The persons attending
this ship promise simple country people, who happen to be standing
and staring at it, to show it to them for a trifle, and as soon as
they are in, they are secured as in a trap, and according to
circumstances made sailors of or let go again.

The footway, paved with large stones on both sides of the street,
appears to a foreigner exceedingly convenient and pleasant, as one
may there walk in perfect safety, in no more danger from the
prodigious crowd of carts and coaches, than if one was in one's own
room, for no wheel dares come a finger's breadth upon the curb
stone. However, politeness requires you to let a lady, or any one
to whom you wish to show respect, pass, not, as we do, always to the
right, but on the side next the houses or the wall, whether that
happens to be on the right or on the left, being deemed the safest
and most convenient. You seldom see a person of any understanding
or common sense walk in the middle of the streets in London,
excepting when they cross over, which at Charing Cross and other
places, where several streets meet, is sometimes really dangerous.