Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 96
on what caused them to do so it did not occur to me to ask. Being anxious to reach London as quickly as possible, after atedious voyage of twelve days, I left the steamer at Cork, to gothrough with the mail. The custom-house inspectors first inter-ested me. On the little boat by which the mail is… … Alexander Gordon TRIP TO LONDOX 63 satisfied with my reply in the negative. A personal examinationthey never thought of. Truthful themselves, I moralized, they donot suspect untruth in others. Their next question was, Haveyou got the price of a glass of beer about you? I made themhappy with a half…
