Note 169 — Chapter XIII · Watt in Cornwall—Introduction of his Pumping-engines.

“With all the faults of the Cornish people, I think we have a better chance for tolerable honesty here than elsewhere, as, their meetings being public, they will not choose to expose themselves any further than strict dealing may justify; and besides, there are generally too many to cabal.”—Watt to Boulton, 29th August, 1778. Boulton MSS.