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to
inform
a
few
of
the
mob
that
gin
would
be
sold
by
the
cat
at
my
window
next
day,
provided
they
put
the
money
in
his
mouth,
from
whence
there
was
a
hole
which
conveyed
it
to
me."
This,
by
the
way,
is
a
rare
anticipation
of
our
automatic
sweetstuff,
scent,
and
other
machines.
To
continue
:
"
At
night
I
took
possession
of
my
den,
and
got
up
early
next
morning
to
be
ready
for
custom.
It
was
over
three
hours
before
anybody
called,
which
made
me
almost
despair
of
the
project
.at
last
I
heard
the
chink
of
money
and
a
comfortable
voice
say,
'
Puss,
give
me
two
pennyworth
of
gin
!
I
instantly
put
my
mouth
to
the
tube
and
bid
them
receive
it
from
the
pipe
under
her
paw
"
—
the
cat
seems
to
have
changed
its
sex
in
this
short
interval
of
time
''
and
then
measured
and
poured
it
into
the
fun-
nel,
from
whence
they
soon
received
it.
Before
night
I
took
six
shillings,
the
next
day
about
thirty
shillings,
and
afterwards
three
or
four
pounds
a
day.
From
all
parts
of
London
people
used
to
resort
to
me
in
such
numbers
that
my
neighbours
could
scarcely
get
in
and
out
of
their
houses.
After
this
manner
I
went
on
for
a
month,
in
which
time
I
cleared
upwards
of
two-and-
twenty
pounds.
So
far
Captain
Bradstreet,
"
but,"
says
the
Editor
of
Notes
&
Queries
y
"
the
ghost
of
'
old
Tom
Hodges
*
will
probably
enter
a
protest
against
Captain
Brad-
street's
cat."
Another
popular
name
for
gin
was
used
when
Cor-
inthian
Tom
and
Jerry
Hawthorn
visited
Bob
Logic
in
the
Fleet.
Bob
says,
"
Let
us
spend
the
day
comfor-
tably,
and
in
the
evening
I
will
introduce
you
both
to