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  • The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour.

    Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.65, BoD – Books on Demand