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cookies we used to eat in country towns on &quot; trainin 5 day.&quot; 

 That the English, in general, did not know what is good in 

 that line, we had before ascertained, and now discovered that 

 their Queen was equally unfortunate. Shall advise the princes 

 to &quot; run away.&quot; 



&quot;rawn, the flesh of boar or swine, collared so as to 

 squeeze out much of the fat, boiled and pickled.&quot; WEBSTER. 

 Our host looked like a &quot; man of brawn,&quot; but gave us nothing 

 like that. 



Shrewsbury was formerly celebrated also for a ridiculous 

 annual procession, mummery, masquerade, and play-spell, 

 called &quot; Shrewsbury Show.&quot; The Puritans put a stop to it, 

 but lately this ancient glory has been attempted to be re 

 stored &quot; under the patronage of the mayor and neighbouring 

 gentry.&quot; The effort, we are told, was entirely successful, the 

 &quot;oldest inhabitant&quot; not being able to recall any thing more 

 completely absurd. Our young democratic towns are some 

 times equally fortunate in their civic proceedings without 

 aristocratic assistance. 



We were much interested in the old houses, of the same 

 general style as those I described at Chester, but with every 

 conceivable variation of form, and each with something pecu 

 liar to itself, so that we could not tire of rambling through 

 the steep narrow streets to study them. There are a great 

 many old churches here, too ; one remarkable for a very 

 light, tall, simply4apering spire : another, the abbey church, 

 has a great mingling of styles, and in some parts is very rich 

 and elegant. There are several curious things about it an 

 old stone pulpit, battered statues, &c. Near it I noticed that 

 some old religious house, that had been once connected with 

 it, had been built upon, roofed over, and converted into a 

 brewery. The roofs are universally of flat tiles here ; a few 

 miles north they entirely give way to slates. 



