The cries of London : exhibiting several of the itinerant traders of antient and modern times . the poor man a grain of his salt may suffice,For your crow swallows all and is not over nice,And the man who can now give his grain and no more,May another day give from a plentiful , my lad, to the door, Plutus nods to our wish,And our sweet little mistress comes out with a gives us her ligs, and she gives us a smile,Heavn bless her! and guard her from sorrow and guile,And send her a husband of noble degree,And a boy to be danced on his grand-daddys knee ; 32 And a girl
The cries of London : exhibiting several of the itinerant traders of antient and modern times . the poor man a grain of his salt may suffice,For your crow swallows all and is not over nice,And the man who can now give his grain and no more,May another day give from a plentiful , my lad, to the door, Plutus nods to our wish,And our sweet little mistress comes out with a gives us her ligs, and she gives us a smile,Heavn bless her! and guard her from sorrow and guile,And send her a husband of noble degree,And a boy to be danced on his grand-daddys knee ; 32 And a girl like herself, all the joy of her mother,Who may one day present her with just such bless your dear hearts all a thousand times we carry our crow-song to door after door ;Alternately chaunting we ramble along,And we treat all who give, or give not, with a song. And the song ever concludes : My good worthy masters, your pittance bestow,Your bounty, my good worthy mistresses, the crow ! he is not over nice;Do but give as you can, and the gift will 7^at, ar^ M, IX. A HERE are two kinds of rats known in this country, theblack, which was formerly very common, but is now rarelyseen, being superseded by the large brown kind, commonlycalled the Norway rat. The depredations committed by thislittle animal, which is about nine inches long, can be wellattested by the millers and feeders of poultry, as in additionto its mischief it frequently carries off large quantities to itshiding place. In 1813 the following computation was made : The annualvalue of the European Empire cannot be less than 25 millionssterling, and of this at least one fiftieth part, upon the lowestcalculation, is eaten and destroyed by rats and mice ; the publicloss therefore is at least 500,000/. per annmn, exclusive of thedamage done in ships, in store houses, and buildings of everykind. The bite of the rat is keen, and the wound it inflicts painfuland dif
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