150 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



CHARACTER OF THE WELSH. THE CATHEDRAL: THE CLERGY, SERVICE, IX- 



TONING, THE LUDICROUS AND THE SUBLIME. A REVERIE. A REVELATION. 



THE SERMON. COMMUNIONS. OTHER CHURCHES. SUNDAY EVENING. 



CHARACTER OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE. 



Sunday, June 2d. 



&quot;TT7E were awakened this morning by a sweet chiming of 

 * the cathedral bells. 



After breakfast, Mrs. Jones introduced us to a young 

 female relative who had come to visit her. She was intelli 

 gent and handsome, having a beautifully clear though dark 

 complexion, thick, dark hair, and large swimming eyes. This 

 style of beauty seems common hereabouts, and is probably 

 the Welsh type. 



She lived among the mountains near Snowdon, and told 

 us the country there was bleak and sterile ; agriculture con 

 fined mostly to grazing, small patches only of potatoes and 

 oats being cultivated. She spoke highly of the character of 

 the peasantry in many respects, but said they had very strong- 

 prejudices, usually despising the English and refusing to asso 

 ciate with them. Many of them could not speak English, 

 and those who could would often affect not to understand if 

 they were addressed by an Englishman. Among themselves 

 they were very neighbourly, clannish, honest, and generous, 

 but strangers they would impose upon most shamelessly. 

 She had known very few to emigrate, and those that did 



