Chapter 2

Controversy at Cowes.--Custom-house Civility.--English Costume.--Fashion in America.--Quadrilles in New York.--Cowes.--Nautical Gallantry. English Beauty.--Isle of Wight Butter.--English Scenery.--M'Adamized Roads.--Old Village Church.--Rural Interment.--Pauper's Grave.--Carisbrooke Cattle.--Southampton.--Waiter at the Vine.--English Costume.--Affinity with England.--Netley Abbey.--Southampton Cockneys.