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noble barons who robbed and ravished in the good 

 old times when the question of might versus right was 

 always settled in favor of the plaintiff. Some of them 

 indeed more richly merited a halter than the comfort- 

 able seclusion from the outer world accorded to their 

 modern representatives. Even good old John O'Gaunt 

 himself was not so virtuous that he could shy moral 

 stones at his neighbors. 



Sunday v/as spent in Lancaster, and much enjoyed. 

 The service in church was fine and the afternoon's ex- 

 cursion to the country delightful. Here Miss A. B. 

 and Mr. D. left us after receiving the blessing of the 

 party. Miss G. and Miss D., who were to join us here, 

 failed us, but we fortunately found them waiting at 

 Kendall. We started for that town, twenty-two miles 

 distant, on Monday morning. It is the entrance to the 

 celebrated Lake District. Messrs. T. and M., whom 

 we had met at Anderton Hall, passed us on Satur- 

 day, before we reached Lancaster, on bicycles. They 

 were out for a run of a hundred and five miles that 

 day, to visit friends beyond that city. We meet such 

 travellers often. Their club now numbers seven thou- 

 sand members. For an annual payment of half a crown 

 (62 cents), a member has lists of routes and hotels sent 

 him for any desired district, with the advantage of re- 

 duced charges. It is nothing to do a hundred miles 

 per day ; many have ridden from London to Bath, 

 two hundred miles, within the twenty-four hours. 



