Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER XLIV.

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Favour of Neptune. The dream. Voyage across the channel. The young heir. Night in the mail. Shrewsbury. The tread-mill. Yellow criminals. Church. Curious old houses. Street curiosity. The little scholar. Ross. The river Wye. Goderich Castle. Varied prospects. Three counties at once. Childhood of Henry the Fifth. Grotesque rocks. Unfortunate tourist. The Druid's Head. Monmouth. Birth-place of Henry the Fifth. A poultry-yard. The bookseller and his family. Theft. Kind, simple-hearted people. Tintern abbey. The ivy avenue. The Wind Cliff. Sublime view. Chepstow Castle. Cromwell and Henry the Eighth improvers of the picturesque. Discovery. Penitence......451