128 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



CHAPTER XVHI. 



Character of the Welsh The Cathedral : The Clergy, Service, Intoning, 

 the Ludicrous and the Sublime A Reverie A Revelation The Ser- 

 mon Communions Other Churches Sunday Evening Character 

 of the Townspeople. 



Sunday, June 2d. 



TT/"E were awakened this morning by a sweet chiming of the 

 cathedral bells. 



After breakfast, Mrs. Jones introduced us to a young Welsh 

 woman, who had come to visit her. She was intelligent and 

 handsome, having a clear, though dark complexion, thick, dark 

 hair, and large eyes. This style of beauty seems common here- 

 abouts, and is, I judge, the Welsh type. 



She lived among the mountains near Snowdon, and told us the 

 country there was bleak and sterile, and agriculture confined 

 mostly to grazing. She spoke highly of the character of the 

 peasantry in many respects, but said they had strong prejudices, 

 usually despising the English and refusing to associate 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 neighborly, clan- 

 nish, honest, and generous, but strangers they would impose upon 

 shamelessly. She had known very few to emigrate, and those 



