78 A CONTINENTAL TOUE. 



be forcibly struck with the superiority in favour of the 

 Scots and Swiss. The peasantry of the former nation are 

 perhaps superior to those of any other country in the 

 world. That they are naturally acute and shrewd is cer- 

 tain, and that character they have always maintained, both 

 at home and abroad. This natural acuteness is increased 

 by their excellent education, and by the peculiar effects 

 resulting from the reformation in religion." 



