4 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



A Railway Ride. Second Class. Inconvenient Arrangements. First Walk in 

 the Country. England itself. A Rural Landscape. Hedges. Approach 

 to a Hamlet. The old Ale-House and the old John Bull. A Talk with Coun 

 try People. Notions of America. Free Trade. The Yew Tree. The old 

 Rural Church and Graveyard. A Park Gate. A Model Farmer. The old 

 Village Inn. A Model Kitchen. A Model Landlady 85 



CHAPTER X. 



Talk with a Farmer; With a Tender-Hearted Wheelwright. An Amusing 

 Story. Notions of America. Supper. Speech of the English. Pleasant 

 Tones. Quaint Expressions. The twenty-ninth of May. Zaccheus in the 

 Oak Tree. Education. Bed-chambor. A Nightcap and a Nightcap 92 



CHAPTER XL 



The Break of Day. A Full Heart. Familiar Things. The Village at Sunrise. 

 Flowers. Birds. Dog Kennels.&quot; The Squire&quot; and &quot; The Hall.&quot; Rooks. 

 Visit to a Small Farm. The Cows. The Milking. The Dairy-Maids. The 

 Stables. Manure. Bones. Pasture. White Clover. Implements. Carts. 

 The English Plough and Harrow : . 99 



CHAPTER XII. 



Breakfast at the Inn. A Tale of High Life. The Garden of the Inn. An old 

 Farm-House. Timber Houses. Labourer s Cottages. Wattles and Nog 

 gin Walls. A &quot;Ferme Ornee.&quot; A Lawn Pasture. The Copper-Leaved 

 Beech. Tame Black Cattle. Approach to Chester 104 



CHAPTER XIII 

 Chester without. A Walk on the Walls. Antiquities. Striking Contrasts. . . Ill 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Chester within. Peculiarities of Building. The Rows. The old Sea-Captain. 

 Romancing. An Old Inn. Old English Town Houses. Timber Houses. 

 Claiming an Inheritance. A Cook Shop. One of the Alleys. Breaking into 

 the Cathedral. Expulsion. The Curfew 119 



CHAPTER XV. 



Chester Market. The Town Common. Race-Course. The Yeomanry Cavalry, 

 and the Militia of England. Public Wash-House. &quot; Mr. Chairman.&quot; 128 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Visit to Eaton Hall. The largest Arch in the World. The Outer Park. Back 

 woods Farming. The Deer Park. The Hall. The Parterre. The Lawn. 

 The Fruit Garden. Stables 133 



