. American scenery. nt, get out! Zat is all! Our divertissement was so successful, that we determinedto continue it as much for amusement as for use. We passedneither house nor traveller without leaving the wonder behindus, how poor devils like ourselves, in a strange land, and sodeplorably ignorant of the language, could manage to find ourway about! Venerable gentlemen whom we met on the road, tookinfinite trouble to instruct us in the way, which we knew farbetter than they themselves; even counting the miles frompoint to point on their fingers! When we held up, for the night, at one of the c
. American scenery. nt, get out! Zat is all! Our divertissement was so successful, that we determinedto continue it as much for amusement as for use. We passedneither house nor traveller without leaving the wonder behindus, how poor devils like ourselves, in a strange land, and sodeplorably ignorant of the language, could manage to find ourway about! Venerable gentlemen whom we met on the road, tookinfinite trouble to instruct us in the way, which we knew farbetter than they themselves; even counting the miles frompoint to point on their fingers! When we held up, for the night, at one of the cabins bythe wayside, we changed characters, Harry taltmg with con-siderable fluency, while I, having just left Paris, could not speaka word, When we were seated at the supper table, Harryinquired if it was customary to make prayers, How ? said our hostess. I mean, do you ask for blessings ? Oh, ah, yes ! We ask a blessing—yes sir! Whereupon, Harry, with the gravest air imaginable, andwith edifying unction, said—. MR. BROWNOKERS STORY. 119 • O, Saint Patrick, make us ableTo eat all things on the table 1 You may be surprised, madam, said he, in reply to theastonished look of the simple landlady, but that is the waywe do those things in our country! As supper proceeded,Harry continued to explain the customs of his country, andso novel were they to myself, and so grotesque the stories whichhe told of my own life and character, that it was with greatdifficulty I could keep my countenance and save myself fromlausrhing outright. At another time we attempted a negotiation for the pur-chase of some watermelons and peaches, neither of which wehad ever seen before. The melon we would not buy unlesspermitted to taste it, which the man seemed to consider a veryunreasonable demand; and the peaches we half devoured insuccessive and dubious trials of their flavour; we affected totake the things as a present, and made the poor fellow nearlycrazy in his efforts to explain to us that they w
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