Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . peo])le—which, however, is onlyby the poorer classes in the country districts—is, though somewhat musical of sound, moststrange of appearance in manuscript or ])rint, the double fs, ys, and ws, which aboinid inits etymology, making the words ajjpear i)e<uliar in the extreme. The aijjiearance of the oldmarket women, too, who speak this language, and who wear short skirts and high-crownedhats, with enormous broad brims, like great extinguishers, is very novel to eyes
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . peo])le—which, however, is onlyby the poorer classes in the country districts—is, though somewhat musical of sound, moststrange of appearance in manuscript or ])rint, the double fs, ys, and ws, which aboinid inits etymology, making the words ajjpear i)e<uliar in the extreme. The aijjiearance of the oldmarket women, too, who speak this language, and who wear short skirts and high-crownedhats, with enormous broad brims, like great extinguishers, is very novel to eyes accustomedto the latest fashion. My next engagement was at Kidderminster, a manufacturing town of considerable im-portance, and where the best English carjiets are made. .Vfter visiting Stafford I went on to Chester. Chester abounds with anti(|uities, havingonce been a Roman station. Its ancient walls are still standing, and are about two milesin circumference, and form a delightful promenade. The older houses are singularly con-structed. They have porticoes running along the front, affording a covered walk to pedes-. (_ ATHFIiKAl . IN 141
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