76 AX AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND, 



speaks French and German, and, as I told you, performs finely 

 on the piano, was a regular belle in the last legislative session, 

 and, they say, did a French Count the honour of rejecting his 

 addresses.&quot; 



&quot; Polkas, waltzes and sch &quot; 



&quot; Oh, no ! I guess not never, except with her younger 

 sister, and in domestic circles : she is really too modest, and I 

 suppose she would say it was against her religious principles.&quot; 



&quot; She is religious, then 1&quot; 



&quot; Really so, I believe. I heard that the Count was likely 

 to be greatly changed from her influence over him.&quot; 



&quot; Have you a daughter, coachman ?&quot; 



&quot; Daughter ! no ! But I tell you, sir, I have the trimmest 

 little King Charles slut you ever saw : black coat and tan 

 wescoat, sir, with just a frill of white that you could cover with 

 a sixpence. She won me five puns at the last Bristol show.&quot; 



&quot; That ll never connect you with a French Count.&quot; 



&quot; Bah ! I don t want any thing to do with Frenchmen.&quot; 



&quot; Why not ?&quot; said I. &quot; I have seen but little of Frenchmen ; 

 what is it that you have found so bad about them f 



&quot; I haven t seen much of them either, and I don t want to.&quot; 



&quot;WJiy not?&quot; 



&quot; Oh why, they are a scurvy lot, sir live on frogs and 

 pea-soup ! and eh ? worship images, sir I and eh ? oh, 

 theifve no bottom, sir ! no strength they haven t got, no pluck, 

 sir. One Englishman s worth a dozen of em, you know, sir.&quot; 



&quot; You are a true Briton, coachman,&quot; said the gentleman, 

 laughing. 



&quot; We have some truer Britons on our side of the water ; 

 I ll tell you what they sing. 



It often lias been told 

 That the British sailors bold 



