. The craftsman. ter^And areforfiinging Dirt, Lets try <Lvho beji can /patter. Madam Flirt! A Merchant of my Acquaintance, who refided fomeTime at Bencolen, bought a tame Elephant there,whom He fufFered to go at Jarge. This Animal ufedto walk about the Streets in as civil and familiar amanner ^s any of the Inhabitants, and wonderfully de-lighted Himfelf in viliting the Shops; particularly^liofe, which fold Herbs and Fruit, where He wasalways well received, excepting only by a Couple ofbrutal Coblers, who dwelt in that Quarter. ThefeFellows, without any Reafon, took Oiience at the ge-nerous
. The craftsman. ter^And areforfiinging Dirt, Lets try <Lvho beji can /patter. Madam Flirt! A Merchant of my Acquaintance, who refided fomeTime at Bencolen, bought a tame Elephant there,whom He fufFered to go at Jarge. This Animal ufedto walk about the Streets in as civil and familiar amanner ^s any of the Inhabitants, and wonderfully de-lighted Himfelf in viliting the Shops; particularly^liofe, which fold Herbs and Fruit, where He wasalways well received, excepting only by a Couple ofbrutal Coblers, who dwelt in that Quarter. ThefeFellows, without any Reafon, took Oiience at the ge-nerous Creature, and had once or twice attempted towound his Probofcis with their Awls. The noble Ani-mal, who knew it was beneath Him to crulh Them,did not difdain to challife Them. He filld his largemufcular Trunk with a confiderable Quantity of Wa-ter, not the cleaneft, and advancing to Them, as ufual,coverd Them at once with a dirty Flood. TheFools were laughd at, and the Vengeance applauded. I atn, ^c, R. No 424- 2/^^ Craftsman. 5 No 424. Saturday, Auguft 17, 1734. Some farther Remarks on the Scotilh Eie^ion of six-teen Peers. N O W proceed to fome farther Ob-fervations on the late Eleftion o^ fix teenPeers for North-Britain, not fo muchby Way of Anfwer to what hath been advanced on the other Side, as to clear up a Point of the utmoft Importance to the unitedKingdom. The whole Pofle of minijierial Advocates have con-tributed their refpeftive Quotas, upon this Occaiion ;but as They all reafon in much the fame Strain, andcatch the Echo from one another, I fhall confine Mylelf chiefly to Mr. Walfingham ; not forgetting goodMrs. Osborne in my Way. The modefl Efquire begins with obferving, that theMerits of this EleSiion being cognizable only by theHoufe of Peers, all Enquiries into it are an Anticipa-tion of their Judgment. This is both falfe and frivo-lous j for We pretend not to determine v/hether theCharge laid in the Protejls be true or falfe, but onlyargue upon the He
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