

London to John O* Groat's. 27 



Having gone over the farm pretty thoroughly, and 

 noticed all the leading features of the establishment, I 

 was requested by the foreman to enter my name in the 

 visitor's book kept in his neat cottage parlor. It is 

 a large volume, with the ruling running across both the 

 wide pages ; the leffc apportioned to name, town, coun- 

 try, and profession ; the right to remarks of the visitor. 

 It is truly a remarkable book of interesting autographs 

 and observations, which the philologist as well as agri- 

 culturist might pore over with lively satisfaction. It 

 not only contains the names and comments of many 

 of the most distinguished personages in Great Britain, 

 but those of all other countries of Europe, even of Asia 

 and Africa, as well as America. Foreign ambassadors, 

 Continental savans, men of fame in the literary, scien- 

 tific, and political world, have here recorded their names 

 and impressions in the most unique succession and 

 blending. Here, under one date, is a party of Italian 

 gentlemen, leaving their autographs and their observa- 

 tions in the softest syllables of their language. Then 

 several German connoisseurs follow, in their peculiar 

 script, with comments worded heavily with hard- 

 mouthed consonants. Then comes, perhaps, a single 

 Russian nobleman, who expresses his profound satis- 

 faction in the politest French. Next succeed three or 

 four Spanish Dons, with a long fence of names attached 



