CHAPTER XXVII. 



ENGLAND. MR. BARRILL'S COUNTRY SEAT. A 

 HUNTING EXPEDITION TO TYROL. OUR FIRST 

 CHAMOIS HUNT AND ITS THRILLING INCI- 

 DENTS. ADVENTURES OF CHAMOIS HUNTERS. 

 RETURN TO ENGLAND. PREPARE TO START 

 FOR AMERICA. 



MY observations of English life as I saw it in my trip 

 from Dover to London, and from the great "province 

 of houses," to Mr. Barrill's country seat, in Kent, were 

 not very favorable. So many beggars and so many 

 people, who looked worn-out with toil, and yet were 

 wretchedly provided, I had never before beheld. There 

 seemed to be but two classes the very rich and the very 

 poor and between the two was an impassable gulf. The 

 upper class treated the laborers with a contempt such as 

 in most countries is only bestowed upon the criminal. 

 The taint of aristocracy seemed to have reached every 

 thing in town and country. London astonished me. 

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