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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
79
Notwithstanding
such
an
order,
and
on
account
of
so
many
mails
travelling
short
of
their
destination,
the
Postmasters-General
resolve
to
build
swift
packet-boats
that
shall
escape
the
enemy;
but
in
their
inexperience,
they
get
them
built
so
low
in
the
water,
that
shortly
afterwards,
"we
doe
find
that
in
blowing
weather
they
take
in
soe
much
water
that
the
men
are
constantly
wet
through,
and
can
noe
ways
goe
below,
being
obliged
to
keep
the
hatches
shut
to
save
the
vessel
from
sinking."
It
is
clear
that
better
and
stronger
boats
must
be
built,
and
stronger
boats
are
built
accordingly.
To
make
up
for
the
expense,
they
order
that
the
freight
of
passengers
shall
be
raised,
though
"recruits
and
indigent
persons
shall
still
have
their
passage
free."
It
is
noteworthy
here,
that
about
this
time
no
political
refugee
seeking
an
asylum
in
England
is
ever
hard
pressed
for
a
fare
on
the
continental
packet-boats,
but
an
entry
is
made
in
the
agent's
letter-book
that
so
and
so
"have
not
wherewithal
to
pay
their
charges,"
and
are
sent
on
their
path
to
liberty
without
further
question.
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