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THE
ADVENTURES
OF THE
Extravagant Wit;
OR,
The Engliſh Swindler.
SWEWING
The various Frauds and Tricks he committed
in and about London
Extending them alſo to the moſt diſtant Parts of the Globe.
AMONGST WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING:
How he cozened a rich Uſurer, and a young Tradeſman—How he cheated a Scrivener of 300l. which he borrowed—How be cheated a Gentleman out of his Houſe—Adventures in a Bawdy-houſe—He is laid in Priſon by one of his Creditors—a laughable Trick he ſerved a Bailiff, by which he effected his Eſcape—He goes on the Highway, is taken, and committed to Newgate—Receives Sentence of Death—Is reprieved for Tranſportation—His adventures abroad—Curious deſcription of a Burning Mountain, and various other places—He marries a Black Woman, applies himſelf to buſineſs, and forſakes his former vicious Courſes.
The Whole diſplaying an infinite Fund of
GOOD HUMOUR AND WITTY EXPLOITS.
STIRLING:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY C. RANDALL.
1803.
