6. NORFOLK. 39 



The lower clafs of Norfolk farmers, hovf- 

 cyer, are the fame plain, men which farmers in 

 general axe, in every other country ; living in a 

 great meafure with their fervants. Another 

 clafs live in the kitchen v/ith their fervants, but 

 cat at a feparate table ; while the upper claffes 

 have their " keeping-rooms" and other com- 

 modious apartments. 



In general they rife i>arly, breakfaft early, 

 and dine univerfally at twelve o'clock, at lealt 

 the fervants. This is well adapted to the Nor- 

 folk practice of going what are called twojour- 

 jiies a day vyith the plow-tearns: the men 

 reach home by dinner-time j and, having rc- 

 frefhed therpfelves and their horfes, are ready 



to 



or any obfervation whatever being made on tkc aukwai(i- 

 nefs of the circumftance, 



In the mornhig when I returned from a walk, I found, 

 in a decently, but not extravagantly, furniflied parlour, 

 two tables fetout ; one with tea equipage, the other with 

 napkins, bread and butter, ham, raddiflics, &c. The 

 houfekeeper fat at the former, placed on one fide of the 

 room, and made tea ; xyhich was brought to us at our 

 table on the other : and this without the kail: fliew of 

 parade or formality. In fliort, the whole treatment had 

 lb much the air of that free and-eafy reception which I had 

 formerly experienced on the eftate of a Weft-India Planter, 

 ^hat it was with fome difficulty I could believe myfclf iu 

 |he houfc of an Englifli farmer. 



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