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worship. Taking hold of his watch chain he began at 

 the first Knk and said: " I worshipee my parents (pass- 

 ing one Hnk), my parents worshipee their parents " 

 (passing another hnk, and so on till he had passed quite 

 a number) ; " by by come to firstee, lifee Goddee. You 

 jump up sky all oncee, miss him, may be." 



He thought he had a sure thing passing up link by 

 link to the end. We need clever missionaries to hold 

 their own with these Celestials. 



Lancaster, July 9, 10. 

 We had done our twenty-nine miles from Preston 

 and reached Lancaster in good season. There we had 

 a treat. The High Sheriff for the county had just been 

 elected and made his entry into town according to im- 

 memorial custom. He represents royalty in the county 

 during his term of ofRce, which I believe is only two 

 years. It costs the recipient of the honor a large sum 

 to maintain the dignities of the ofifice, for its emolu- 

 ments are nil. The sheriff was staying at our hotel, a 

 very fine one. The County. He is wakened every morn- 

 ing by two heralds richly dressed in the olden style and 

 bearing halberds. They stand in front of the hotel and 

 sound their bugles to call His Highness forth. It is the 

 Lord Mayor's procession on a small scale. Nobody 

 laughs outright at the curious mixture of feudal cus- 

 toms with this age's requirements, however much every- 

 body may laugh in his sleeve ; but England will have 



