back on his forehead, so as to afford a full view of his fine,
broad, manly face. Here too I first saw (what I deemed a true
English fight) in the street, two boys boxing.

Our little party now separated, and got into two post-chaises, each
of which hold three persons, though it must be owned three cannot
sit quite so commodiously in these chaises as two: the hire of a
post-chaise is a shilling for every English mile. They may be
compared to our extra posts, because they are to be had at all
times. But these carriages are very neat and lightly built, so that
you hardly perceive their motion as they roll along these firm
smooth roads; they have windows in front, and on both sides. The
horses are generally good, and the postillions particularly smart
and active, and always ride on a full trot. The one we had wore his
hair cut short, a round hat, and a brown jacket of tolerable fine
cloth, with a nosegay in his bosom. Now and then, when he drove
very hard, he looked round, and with a smile seemed to solicit our
approbation. A thousand charming spots, and beautiful landscapes,
on which my eye would long have dwelt with rapture, were now rapidly
passed with the speed of an arrow.

Our road appeared to be undulatory, and our journey, like the
journey of life, seemed to be a pretty regular alternation of up
hill and down, and here and there it was diversified with copses and
woods; the majestic Thames every now and then, like a little forest
of masts, rising to our view, and anon losing itself among the
delightful towns and villages. The amazing large signs which at the
entrance of villages hang in the middle of the street, being
fastened to large beams, which are extended across the street from
one house to another opposite to it, particularly struck me; these