270 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



crab the pure juice he assured us it was a good wholesome 

 English drink : a baby might fill its belly with it and feel none 

 the worse. So sitting on the door-steps, the lady and the dog 

 with us, we remained yet a long time, the farmer talking first of 

 sporting matters, and then getting into the everlasting topics of 

 Free Trade, and exorbitant rents, taxes and tithes. 



