214 AN OCTOBER ABROAD. 



thence to Shrewsbury, thence to Chester, the old Ro- 

 man camp, thence to Holyhead, being intent on get- 

 ting a glimpse of Wales and the Welsh, and may be 

 taking a tramp up Snowdon or some of his congeners, 

 for my legs literally ached for a mountain climb, a cer- 

 tain set of muscles being so long unused. In the 

 course of my journey ings I tried each class or com- 

 partment of the cars, first, second, and third, and 

 found but little choice. The difference is simply in 

 the upholstering, and if you are provided with a good 

 shawl or wrap-up, you need not be particular about 

 that. In the first, the floor is carpeted and the seats 

 substantially upholstered, usually in blue woollen 

 cloth ; in the second, the seat alone is cushioned ; and 

 in the third, you sit on a bare bench. But all classes 

 go by the same train, and often in the same car, or 

 carriage, as they say here. In the first class, travel the 

 real and the shoddy nobility and Americans ; in the 

 second, commercial and professional men ; and in the 

 third, the same, with such of the peasantry and hum- 

 bler classes as travel by rail. The only annoyance I 

 experienced in the third class arose from the freedom 

 with which the smokers, always largely in the majority, 

 indulged in their favorite pastime. (I perceive there 

 is one advantage in being a smoker : you are never at 

 a loss for something to do — you can smoke.) 



At Chester I stopped over night, selecting my hotel 

 for its name, the " Green Dragon." It was Sunday 

 night, and the only street scene my rambles afforded 



