London to John C? Groat's. 77 



CHAPTER VI. 



HOSPITALITIES OF " FRIENDS " HARVEST ASPECTS: ENGLISH COUNTRY 



INNS ; THEIR APPEARANCE, NAMES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER- 

 ISTICS. THE LANDLADY I WAITER, CHAMBERMAID AND BOOTS. EXTRA 

 FEES AND EXTRA COMFORTS. 



I BEACHED Safiron Walden at 4 P.M., notwith- 

 standing my involuntary walk of six extra miles 

 in the morning. Here I remained over the sabbath, 

 again enjoying the hospitality of a Friend. And per- 

 haps I may say it here and now with as much propriety 

 as at any other time and place, that few persons, outside 

 the pale of that society, have more frequently or fully 

 enjoyed that hospitality than myself. This pleasant 

 experience has covered the space of more than sixteen 

 years. During this period, with the exception of short 

 intervals, I have been occupied with movements which 

 the Friends in England have always regarded with 

 especial sympathy. This connection has brought me 

 into acquaintance with members of the society in almost 

 every town in Great Britain in which they reside ; and 

 in more than a hundred of their homes I have been 

 received as a guest with a kindness which will make to 

 mv life's end one of its sunniest memories. 



