G8 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



CHAPTER X. 



A STAGE-COACH RIDE. CONVERSATION WITH THE COACHMAN. A FREE 

 TRADER. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WOMEN. FAIR PLAY. WOMAN S 



RIGHTS. SOCIAL DIFFERENCES. FRENCHMEN. NATIONAL VANITIES. 



DEMOCRACY. FREE TRADE. RETALIATION. ARISTOCRACY. NATURAL 



LAWS. THE LAW OF LOVE. FRATERNITY. 



IN the afternoon, C. went to visit some antiquities of the 

 neighbourhood, and my brother and I were invited by 

 our host to visit a large farm on the border of Monmouth 

 shire. We were to go the first ten miles by stage-coach. 

 On the coach-top there were two women, who sat with some 

 children and the guard in the rear, upon seats over what is 

 the boot of our coaches. Forward, there was a small, 

 sickly-looking man, his face covered with a close-cropped, 

 grayish beard, his right arm hanging, as it seemed, lifeless, 

 and an old-fashioned travelling-cap upon his head. He seemed 

 to be a foreigner, and, without speaking, but with courteous 

 manner, made room for my friends at his side. I was seated 

 on the box, between the coachman and another passenger. 

 The former was a staid, sober man, neatly, but no way pecu 

 liarly, dressed ; talking, as if well posted up, but without any 

 self-conceit, on matters that he had a fancy for to wit : 

 horses, racing, boxing, the crops on the roadside, the weather, 

 female beauty, and woman s rights, but perfectly mum and 

 uncomprehending beyond these. He drove in the most ac 

 complished and gentlemanlike style never with a hasty move- 



