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 XLVI.

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The widow. Love of the English for horrors. More agreeable travelling companion. Examinations, and learned examiners. Stonehenge. Sinister meeting and accident. Salisbury Cathedral. Monuments. The spire. Frightful ascent. The hawk on the cross, and the bishop's pigeons. His Lordship's functions. Pious wish for my Country. Mirror of the past and future. Wilton castle. The Chatelaine antiques. Pictures. Temple built by Holbein. Talent and taste of English ladies. Entrance by stratagem. Langford park. Fine pictures. Egmont. Alba. Orange. Emperor Rudolph's throne. Boxing-match, the betting coachman. Modern English aristocratic morality. March of intellect. Military school. Fox-chace. National duty. The new year. London. Canterbury cathedral. The Black Prince. Splendour of colouring. The archbishop. The damaged boiler. Dover fortress. Short passage. The air of France. The jetty. English children. Unequal contest between a French bonne and a resolute little English girl. The chief and father of dandies. Anecdotes......469