xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Stone Houses Ivy Virginia Creeper A Visit to a Welsh Horse-Fair English Ve- 

 hicles Agricultural Notes Horses Breeds of Cattle j Herefords, Welsh, and 

 Smutty Pates Character of the People Dress Powis Park 180 



CHAPTER XXVH. 



English Vehicles A Feudal Castle and Modern Aristocratic Mansion Aristocracy in 

 1850 Primogeniture Democratic Tendency of Political Sentiments Disposition 

 towards the United States Combativeness Slavery 186 



CHAPTER XXYHI. 



Paintings Cromwell Pastoral Ships Family Portraits and Distant Relations 

 Family Apartments Personal Cleanliness The Wrekin 195 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Visit to a Farm Farm-House and Farmery Fatting Cattle Sheep Vetches 

 Stack Yard Steam Threshing Turnip Sowing Excellent Work Tram Road- 

 Wages 199 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 Visit to Two English Common Schools 203 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



Shrewsbury Angling in Curricles Sheep-walks Effect of Thorough Draining on 

 Dry Soils Gorse Church Stretton Churchyard Literature Encounter with an 

 Enthusiastic Free-Trader 206 



CHAPTER XXXH. 



Country Carrier's Cart Independent Breakfast Beauty Old Inn Jack up the 

 Chimney Bacon and Bread ; Beer and Rum Ludlow An Apostolic Church The 

 Poor-House Case of a Broken Heart Refreshment 212 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



Physical Education A Rustic Village Farm-House Kitchen An Orchard Stables 

 LeominBter A Trout Brook Fruit Culture 218 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



English Orchard Districts The most Favorable Soils and Climate Lime Practical 

 Deduction Diseases Prevention and Remedies Suggestions 222 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



Decay of Varieties Two Theories : Knight's, Downing's English Theory and Prac- 

 ticePractical Deductions Causes of Decay Remedies Hints to Orchardists 

 Special Manures Pruning Thorough Drainage A Satirical Sketch Shooting 

 the Apple-Tree 228 



