Punch,  40 (1861), 211.

'Hard Lines'

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Technology, Accidents, Commerce, Language


    Notes how the 'poor shareholders who have invested their money in the Atlantic and Red Sea Telegraphs' think both telegraphs 'extremely hard lines'.



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