1 84 A Walk from 



CHAPTEE X. 



ROYSTON AND ITS SPECIALITIES ENTERTAINMENT IN A SMALL VILLAGE 



ST. IVES VISITS TO ADJOINING VILLAGES A FEN-FARM 



CAPITAL INVESTED IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 



COMPARED ALLOTMENTS AND GARDEN TENANTRY BARLEY 



GROWN ON OATS. 



I1ROM Chrishall Grange I went on to Royston, 

 where I found very quiet and comfortable quarters 

 in a small inn, called "The Catherine Wheel," for 

 what reason it is not yet clear to my mind, and the 

 landlady could not enlighten me on the subject. I am 

 not sufficiently "posted up" in the history of the 

 minor or local celebrities of the country to know which 

 one or what is designed to be honored by this tavern 

 souvenir. I have noticed two inns in London of the 

 same name, and have seen it mounted on several other 

 public houses in different parts of England. Is the 

 whole of it a human appellation, or is it a half and half 

 composition, meaning Catherine's Wheel, in the posses- 

 sive case, or the Catherine Wheel, in the same order of 

 signification as the Wellington Boot? I intend to 

 inquire out the private history of this name and make 

 a note of it in the Appendix. 



