Sunday, July 8 (London).—After preaching at the chapel, morning and afternoon, I
took horse with Mr. P---. We had designed to ride only two or three hours, in order to
shorten the next day’s journey. But a young man, who overtook us near Kingston, induced
us to change our purpose. So we only rested about half an hour at Cobham; and leaving it
between nine and ten, rode on softly in a calm, moonshiny night, and about twelve came
to Godalming. We took horse again at half an hour past four and reached Portsmouth about
one.
After a little rest, we took a walk around the town, which is regularly fortified; it is, I suppose, the only regular fortification in Great Britain or Ireland. Gosport, Portsmouth, and the Common (which is now all turned into streets) may probably contain half as many people as Bristol, and so civil a people I never saw before in any seaport town in England.
The Journal of John Wesley
After a little rest, we took a walk around the town, which is regularly fortified; it is, I suppose, the only regular fortification in Great Britain or Ireland. Gosport, Portsmouth, and the Common (which is now all turned into streets) may probably contain half as many people as Bristol, and so civil a people I never saw before in any seaport town in England.
The Journal of John Wesley
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