CHAPTER XI.

Sports and Pastimes of the People -- History of their Changes and Present State -- Sports generated by the Feudal Habits -- Sports introduced by the Catholic Church -- the mere brutal Portion of both these remaining in the last Century -- many of these now abolished, and a better Class encouraged -- Sports and Pastimes prevalent in Farming Districts and obscure Hamlets -- Prevalence of Cricket -- Description of a Cricket-Match between Nottingham and the Sussex Club -- Auguries drawn from the Present Popular Taste 515