&quot;THE GLORY OF ENGLAND.&quot; 165 



finger of the other, looking at us as if our lives depended 

 upon our answering truthfully. 



&quot; So it appears, gentlemen, (if I might be so bold,) that 

 you have wandered far and near over the face of the inhabited 

 world, and have seen many foreign parts and lands, and cast 

 your lot among other peoples and nations, that all thought as 

 their inheritances was very fine, doubtless : but now, gentle 

 men ! can you say on candid reflection now have you ever 

 seen any where s else, for instance, any castle as was compa 

 rable compared to Winsor Castle ?&quot; 



&quot; No, sir,&quot; 



&quot; Or any park like unto Winsor Park that is, in foreign 

 parts r 



&quot; No, sir.&quot; 



&quot; Nor any country of them all, what, on the whole, take her 

 altogether, taking her castles and parks, also her towns and 

 her rail ays and station-houses, her forests and her manufac 

 tures, and her coal and iron ; her church and her constitution, 

 her people and her horses, and such like did you ever, in all 

 your wanderings taking her altogether so did you ever 

 now, gentlemen I want to know ever see any place exactly 

 like your own country after all T 



&quot; No, indeed, sir.&quot; 



&quot; No, indeed, sir ! I know you didn t you hear that ? 

 4 No, indeed, sir and so say you all, gentlemen ? and so say 

 you all. Well, then, I am satisfied, and much obliged to you, 

 gentlemen. There isn t none of the foreign principalities that 

 is like this blessed land ; and that s what I am always telling 

 them, and only goes to confirm the independent conviction 

 which I had previously arrived to of my own preliminaries. 

 Thank you, gentlemen ;&quot; (handing us the parcel ;) &quot; good-morn 

 ing. I wish you a pleasant continuance of your promenade in 

 our glorious old land.&quot; 



