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dinary bath ! Do not imagine that our party were 

 worse to water than to corn ; sixteen hungry people 

 need a good many bottles of various kinds, for we had 

 many tastes to gratify. We were all temperance people, 

 however ; a few of us even total abstinence, who re- 

 quired special attention, for their milk and lemonade 

 were often more difficult to procure than all the other 

 fluids. The guest who gives least trouble in England, in 

 the drinkable department, is he who takes beer. 



At Keswick we wandered round the principal square 

 and laughed at the curious names of the inns there. In 

 this region inns abound. Almost every house in that 

 square offered entertainment for man and beast. Here 

 is a true copy of names of inns noted in a few squares 

 in the village : " Fighting Cocks," " Packhorse," " Red 

 Lion," " Dog and Duck," " Black Lion," " Deerhound," 

 " White Hart," " Green Lion," " Pig and Whistle," 

 " White Lion," " Black Bull," " Elephant and Castle," 

 " Lamb and Lark," *' The Fish." If the whole village 

 were scanned there would be beasts enough commemo- 

 rated in its inns to make a respectable menagerie. In- 

 deed, for that one " Green Lion" Barnum might safely 

 pay more than for Jumbo. 



The names of English inns we have seen elsewhere 

 are equally odd ; let me note a few : " Hen and Chick- 

 ens," " Dog and Doublet," " King and Crown," " Hole in 

 the Wall," " Struggling Man," " Jonah and the Ark," 

 '* Angel and Woolsack," " Adam and Eve," " Rose and 



