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fysu he Pesftsni .ilrsrfiser.
THINGS ~ ENGLAND.
CHAPMAN. June 3,

teupts TO ffnd this place on the map,
for Il puzzled me not a little 10 find IL on
foot, gaaging, as did $50 they speak
hereabouD otrer fells. and tarns, and
steyns, through moors and fcns. We
have travelled in q straight line to- dsy,
which can be done, l suspect. in no
other country but England-,urning
aside for nothing in the ordinary way
now and then lolling on the grass. and
now and then chstting with York
shircman, when We could find one. Just
by way Of experiment 10 sec how it
would seem for two persons to be talk
ing the same language together without
one understanding one word. in ten of
the other. AT any rate, we got over
thirty three miles somehow or other,
and here we are wofully fatigucd-
with aching limbs and feet. We break
tasted at Hebden, eight miles from
where we started, which place is re.
mlrkable for nothing bat the gathering
made by the wooden-s olcd shoes Of the
inhabitants. We then moved on TO
t'raSsington, some two or three miles
further. where they told us terrible sto-
mes Of large moor that was in our
way which they advised us by AZ
Means 10 avoid, As strangers were oilen
lost there in the mists. wande-ing i.i.hcr
and ;hither a whole dav without either
food or shelter. This VA rot sto.v
however. =, 'r.-!'en American brourh,
up In wil!>fu, -, ind therefore. al
:et o5iliN:'-- 'A' bcss direction we
toul! ,e $3.50 'ct 'rp. hill To get
u ON he =. t- Ucop." sp1at were
Ncry Kind ~ rel,ins Us every thing
about tegs and tirhy to-, eaa5rpily
ne could ~; understand them 7
should have boon about IS well or
among the Calw'Ylt5. ti5wcyer we
mad" them point on, The directions. aud
watching the sun, took view of the
moor. which as far rs We could see,
held not a single habi.ation.-
Would you believe it, that in a country
50 thickly populated a. this, where in
certain quartors-therc does not seem
10 be earth enough To- stand upon, n
range Of territory could be found sixty
milcJ in length, where the traveller
does not see houSe:-and yet we went
IL miles OH this moor, nee;in. with
tut few. very few houses. The moor
is all for pasture. Cattle and sheep
we're grazing a5out IN al! directions
got here some OF the sweetest milk
ever tasted. No trees we're to be- seen.
unleSs il be miles apart. groups tina.
the hand OF man has planted TO shelter
his lone habitation from the winds tina.
have full sweep over this dcsola.r spot,
We met no difficulty in "navi Eating"
this terrible" moor. preferred II 20
the hard and dusty road. The inhabi-
tlnts around who seldom venture here.
have very solemn stories TO ell,-but
how much more solemn would be their
stories, Il put upon one Of our wide
prairies.-Trae, the mist might delude
o man here, but there are no wild beasts
20 ca, him up, even if night overtake
Lin. One side of this moor Is the pro
perry OF the Duke Of Devonshirc-bu,
little docs that gay nobleman now in
London. know of the queer people he
has for tenants in this remote region.
The principal occupation have had
during the day, except that of walking
of course. was in studying the York.
shire dialect, but this is difficult un-
,lcrtaking. for even this dialect has dia-
lects ofits own-and when could learn
4 word, ten miles further it might be
out Of use. This was worse than il was
aHcicnuy in the states OF Greece, though
! don't mean 10 say these are Grecian
states. The fact is, our Choctaw and
Cherokee Indians speak about as COM
pTehensible English as these people do
have been quite as much at home
among the Greeks. And yet English
men come over to our country where
the great mass Of the people speak far
better English than the ma5F do in
England, and then ridicule ,ofrc Van
kee and western peculiariiics s'a1pi.
them a. the conversation! iJuyvo, e ~
all the nations WHY lie fac; -. ~ sou
go one hundred and f'tv miles ffosu
London, YOU are gust shout a Wei! cf
on the score VI language in Sweden r..
10 Holland ~ England. About here
aadin Lancashire and WCs'moreicnt
i~ow not how many different ialest
'brrr Hre. | VIII gi'r you specimen
~ md ~. Ii you rs into scotland
Scotch thicker iron YOU. u yu4
Irsh n the ilIghiaatr j. d. alu3H y.
Gaelic II yon Gro o. l.fllld. iler
comes the Wild Iri,h. D. you zee tarl
towards tho capital, Weish meets you.
again; aye, in the very cmpoiiU a. The
cry Court city. in London ,t.cir there
cockney dialect, VII. h II j, j. un-
there ought 10 b. such a
y ord IL there j. not only auu,cs YOU
10, more Tor understanding - 81 all
Now these people, who don't speak |
English at home. come over 20 U.s. and |
-idiculc our English when they can ira
vel three thousand miles 10 America.
md never meet an American whom |
hey cannot readily understand, unless
he be Of French, German, or other for
i IN extraction. Isn't il one Of the fun
lest ideas in the world
A we'll educated Englishman Is a
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