CONTENTS. 7 



ity. Rainy Morning in a Country Inn. Coming to Market. The Road in 

 a Storm. Scudding , . . . 116 



CHAPTER XV. 



The South Downs. Wiltshire Landscape. Chalk and Flint. Irrigation. 

 The Cost and Profit of Water-meadows. Sewerage Water. Irrigation in 

 Old Times 123 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Flocks, Dogs, and Shepherds of Salisbury Plain. Village Almshouses. Os 

 tentation in Alms-giving. A Forced March. At Home in Salisbury. The 

 Street Brooks. The Cathedral. Architectural Remark and Advice. Vil 

 lage Churches 132 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Salisbury Plain. Strange Desert Character of the Scenery. The Agriculture. 

 Sainfoin and Lucerne. Large Farms. Effect on Labourers. Paring and 

 Burning. When Expedient. Expense. Sheep-folding. Moveable Rail 

 ways and Sheds 139 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



An Arcadian Hamlet. Out of the World, but not Beyond the Reach of the 

 Yankee Peddler. The Cottages of the Downs. Grout and Cobble-stones. 

 Character of the Labouring Class of the Downs. Want of Curiosity. 

 Old Stockbridge, Winchester, William of Wykeham. His Legacy to Way 

 farers. The Cathedral. Some Remarks on Architectural Situation. 

 Search for Lodgings. Motherly Kindness. Railroad Mismanagement. 

 Waterloo Day at Portsmouth 146 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The Deceit of Descriptions of Scenery. The Soul of a Landscape. The Isle 

 of Wight, its Characteristics. Appropriate Domestic Architecture. Ge 

 nial Climate. Tropical Verdure. The Cliffs of Albion. Osborne. The 

 Royal Villa. Country Life of the Royal Family. Agricultural Inclination 

 and Rural Tastes. The Royal Tenantry. A Rural Fete at Osborne 154 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Queen s Yacht. Yachts of the R. Y. Club, their Build and Rig. Compar 

 ison with American Yachts and Pilot-boats. Seamanship. Cut of Sails. 

 The Navy-yard at Portsmouth. Gun-boats. Steamers. Naval Force of 

 Great Britain. Evening at Portsea. Curiosity. About Boasting and some 

 English Characteristics. Conversation with a Shopkeeper on the &quot; Glory 

 of England.&quot; 159 



