prices for
their
places;
and the
few
straggling
inhabitants
in the
outskirts,
where long
gaps in
the line
began to
occur, and
the
traveller
could get
over walls
or turn
aside into
cow-paths,
and so
escape,
paid a
very
slight
ground or
window
tax. Signs
were hung
out on all
sides to
allure
him; some
to catch
him by the
appetite,
as the
tavern and
victualling
[victual〈v.〉装贮食物]
cellar;
some by
the fancy,
as the dry
goods
store and
the
jeweller’s;
and others
