196 OBSERVATIONS OF A RANCHWOMAN 



tomed to all sorts and conditions of men 

 from all corners of the globe. Your well- 

 dressed neighbour touches her equally well- 

 appointed masculine escort, and murmurs 

 in derisive accents, 4 English, of course !' 

 whilst a mild ripple of amusement ruffles 

 the human surface around you. You look 

 out, and what is this that meets your shrink- 

 ing gaze ? Striding along through the loiter- 

 ing stream of fashionables, tricked out in 

 tweed shooting -suits and caps and huge 

 shooting - boots, hands very conspicuous 

 and innocent of gloves, behold your fellow- 

 countrymen, the butt of gods and men ! 

 Lucky for you if no cartridge-belts encircle 

 their stalwart waists. And all this in the 

 United States, where style ranks next to 

 godliness ! 



The ideas of the average English immi- 

 grant concerning this vast country and its 

 inhabitants are at first, and often continue to 

 be, as vague and inaccurate as those of the 

 tourist who, on landing on these shores, 

 wrote to relatives in England that he was 

 disappointed at not being able to see Pike's 

 Peak from New York, but that he expected 



