Play crying out, "Take my Life! take my Life!! only-Spare all I have!!!"

Employ your Pistol only to protect your Person.

"If an Innkeeper's Servants rob his Guests, the Master is bound to restitution: for, as there is a confidence reposed in him that he will take care to provide honest Servants, his negligence is a kind of implied consent to the Robbery; and it is the same, though the Robbery be not committed by the Servant of the Innkeeper (unless it be by some one belonging to the Guest), for he is bound to take care of the Goods committed to his charge; nam, qui non prohibet, cùm prohibere possit, jubet."- Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. i. ch. 6.

FOR

PERSONAL DEFENCE,

DOUBLE Barrelled Pocket Pistols, with Detonating Locks and Spring Bayonets, are best, particularly those which have both barrels above, and do not require turning.

POCKET DOOR BOLTS, which are applicable to almost all sorts of Doors, may on many occasions save the Property and the Life of the Traveller: it is advisable to be always provided with such Bolts-The Cork-screw Door-fastening is the simplest that we have seen; this is screwed in between the Door and the DoorPost, and unites them so firmly, that great power is required to force a Door so fastened. They are as portable as common Corkscrews, and their Weight does not exceed an Ounce and a half.

The safety of your Bed Room Door should always be carefully examined; and in case of Bolts not being at hand, it will be useful to hinder entrance into the Room, by putting a Table and Chair upon it against the Door; such precautions are, however, less necessary in England than they are on the Continent, where it is advisable to choose a Room with Two Beds, and to let your Servant sleep in the Room, and to burn a light all Night :—when you enter the room to go to rest, take a peep behind and under the Beds, Closets, &c. and all places where concealment is possible.

I read the above to an old Traveller, who told me, that when travelling in Italy about thirty-five years ago, he always adopted this plan; and that on one occasion, at a poor solitary Inn, he could not obtain a doubleBedded Room, and was told that his attendant must sleep in another part of the

House-observing that there was no fastening
to the Bed Room Door, and apprehending
some bad intention, he placed a Bureau
against it, and thereon set a Basin and Ewer,
in such a position as to easily rattle, so that
on being shook they instantly became "molto
agitato," and seemed to say,
"Don't ye-
Don't ye-I'll tell if You do "- he prepared
his Pistols for actual service, and mounted
Guard, repeating to himself,

"At the peaceful Midnight hour,
Every Sense and every Power
Fetter'd lies in balmy Sleep-

Then our careful Watch we keep."

"Soon as the Iron tongue of Midnight

Had toll'd Twelve,

the Door was attempted; as often as it was touched, the chattering of the Crockery gave Alarm, and the attempt, after many attempts, was abandoned.

BEDS.

As Travellers never can be sure that those who have slept in the Beds* before them, were not afflicted with some contagious Disease, whenever they can, they should carry their own sheets with them, i. e. a light Eider down Quilt, and two dressed Hart Skins should be put upon the Mattresses to hinder the disagreeable contact: these are to be covered with the Traveller's own

* To Persons travelling in the Southern parts of Italy, Pratt's Patent Folding Bedstead, sold at No. 47, New Bond Street, is a great comfort. It is fitted into an Oil Cloth Bag, and the weight is under 40 lbs. The Cushions for the interior of the Carriage should be made so as to serve as a Mattress for it.