CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



Roofs ; Shingles ; Tile ; Thatch : the Advantages and Disadvantages of each The 

 Use of Thatch in America Hereford Christian Hospitality A Milk Farm The 

 Herefords A Dangerous Man Primitive Christianity 239 



CHAPTER XXXVH. 



The County Jail English Prison Discipline The Perfection of the Present Educa- 

 tion and Taxation What Next ? Captain Machonochie The Mark System The 

 Christian Idea of Punishment 246 



CHAPTER XXXVIH. 



A Hit The Debtor's Prison Utter Cleanliness " City " and "Town" "Down" 

 and " Up "Hereford Cathedral Church and State The Public Promenade 255 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Shady Lanes Rural Sketches Herefordshire and Monmouthshire Scenery Points 

 of Difference in English and American Landscapes Visit to a Farm-House The 

 Mistress The Farm-House Garden A Stout Old English Farmer The Stables 

 and Stock Turnip Culture Sheep Wheat Hay Rents Prices A Parting- 

 Cider 260 



CHAPTER XL. 



Walk with a Rustic Family Meeting A Recollection of the Rhine Ignorance and 

 Degraded Condition of the English Agricultural Laborer How he is Regarded by 

 his Superiors The Principles of Government Duties of the Governing Education 

 Slavery The Diet of Laborers Drink Bread Bacon Fresh Meat 271 



CHAPTER XLI. 



Tintern Abbey and the Wye English Screw Steamers Tide Deluge St. Vincent's 

 Rocks Bristol-built Vessels The Vale of Gloucester Whitfield " Example Farm" 

 Hedge-row Timber Drainage Buildings Stock Soiling Manure Wheat 

 Beets and Turnips Disgraceful Agriculture The Landed Gentry Wages of La- 

 borers 282 



CHAPTER XLII. 



Bath Warminster Surly Postmaster A Doubtful Character Polite Innkeeper 

 and Pretty Chambermaid The Tap-Room Fireside Rustic Civility Rainy Morn- 

 ing in a Country Inn Coming to Market The Road in a Storm Scudding 288 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



The South-DownsWiltshire Landscape Chalk and Flint Irrigation The Cost 

 and Profit of Water-MeadowsSewerage Water Irrigation in Old Times 295 



