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some by the side of gliding rivers, others near 

 rushing dams, or overlooking ancient bridges, 

 or commanding views over extensive ranges of 

 rich country scenery — very honeymoonish sort 

 of places some of them were : witness the 

 "White Hart," Crauford Bridge ; the "Castle," 

 at Salt-hill; the '"Salutation," Ambleside; the 

 " White Horse," Haslemere ; the " Talbot," 

 Ripley; the "Saracen's Head," Beaconsfield; 

 "Royal Oak," Ivy Bridge; the "Bush," at 

 Staines; " White Lion," Hartford Bridge, Hants; 

 the " Swan," at Chertsey ; the " Castle," Speen 

 Hill ; " Sugar-Loaf, Dunstable ; and last, not 

 least, the " Saracen's Head," Dunmow, sug- 

 gestive of " The Flitch of Bacon" and the duties 

 of matrimony — 



" To fools a torment, but a lasting boon 

 To those who wisely keep their honeymoon." 



Happily a few are still kept for happy couples 

 on their wedding tour. The bill was generally 

 the only disagreeable feature about these rural 

 caravansaries ; and some of the innkeepers were 

 uncommonly exorbitant. Nevertheless, the 

 majority of the victims were in a favourable 

 mood for imposition. Going to Loudon, they 

 had all the bright prospect of a season's gaiety 



