text:  We had first to listen to the whole history and topographical description of that celebrated city; how it had sprung up in the right corner he reckoned; and how flourishing and industrious it was; and whether we had not a mind to settle there--because if we had he Mr Isaac Shifty had some almighty fine building land to sell; and how the town already boasted of three taverns just the right proportion to the ten houses of which Bainbridge consisted