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DRINKS.
to
the
throne,
he
mentions
his
fondness
for
fishing,
and
says,
''
Without
offence
it
may
be
remembred,
that
leaving
a
Bottle of
Ale
(when
fishing)
in
the
Grasse
;
he
found
it
some
dayes
after,
no
Bottle,
but a
Gun,
such
the
sound
at
the
opening
therof.
And
this
is
beHeved
(Casualty
is
Mother
of
more
Inventions
than
Industry)
the
original
of
bottled-ale
in
England''
The
London
brewer
had
to
be
content,
before
Sir
Hugh
Myddleton
brought
the
New
River
to
the
Metropolis,
with
the
water
obtained
from
the
Thames,
for
Artesian
wells
were
not,
and
other
well
water
must,
from
the
crowded
state
of
the
City,
have
been
highly
charged
with
organic
matter.
But
their
trade
was
so
important
that
they
were
incorporated
into
a
Gild,
and
the
Brewer's
Company
is
now
in
existence,
having
their
Hall
in
Addle
Street,
Wood
Street.
The
City
'
still
maintains
the
importance
of
beer
as
a
beverage
by
keeping
an
Ale
Conner,
whose
duty
is
to
taste
ales,
arid
see
that
the
price
charged
is
not
excessive.
Their
oath
of
office
may
be
found
in
the
Liber
Albus,
pub-
lished
at
the
instance
of
the
Government.
'
The
names
of
our
great
English
brewers
are
too
well
known
among
the
English
people
to
need
re-
capitulation
—
and
space
is
too
scarce
to
describe
their
premises.
The
London
draymen
have
always
been
noted
as
a
race
of
tall
stalwart
men,
and
brewers
generally
have
taken
a
pride
in
getting
the
largest
and
strongest
horses
for
their
work.
These
two
draymen
are
of
the
time
of
George
I.,
and
the
weight
they
are
carrying
contrasts
favourably
with
the
satire
of a
huge
dray
horse
dragging
a
four
and
a
half
gallon