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larder ; the forms on which the pies were moulded 

 were as pure as spotless marble. The men and boys 

 looked healthy and bright ; their hands were smooth 

 and clean, and their aprons white as snow. Not one 

 of them smoked or took snuff at his work. I saw 

 every process and implement employed in the con- 

 struction of these pies for the market ; the great tubs of 

 pepper and spice, the huge ovens, the cooling racks, 

 the packing room ; in a word, every department and 

 feature of the establishment. And the best thing I 

 can say of it is this : that I shall eat with better satis- 

 faction and relish hereafter the pies bearing the brand 

 of Evans, of Melton Mowbray, than I ever did before. 

 The famous Stilton cheese is another speciality of this 

 quiet and interesting town, or of its immediate neigh- 

 borhood. So, putting the two articles of luxury and 

 consumption together, it is rather ahead of Banbury 

 with its cakes. 



On Monday, August llth, I resumed my walk 

 northward, and passed through a very highly culti- 

 vated and interesting section. About the middle of 

 the afternoon, I reached Broughton Hill, and looked 

 off upon the most beautiful and magnificent landscape 

 I have yet seen in England. It was the Belvoir 

 Yale ; and it would be worth a hundred miles' 

 walk to see it, if that was the only way to reach it. 



