To my surprise, Eric Alan Weinstein asks: >Is it a safe bet that most Inns (B & B's, Hotel's, etc) >would have included a pub-like area, or a >eating area where in any case beer was served? >A few, some, most, or almost all? Judging by what Defoe, Fielding [not to mention the earlier guys] have to tell us, my guess is almost all. Vaska