e chaise being repaired, took
his leave of his entertainers, who came to wish him a good journey, and
with his attendants left Boulogne for the second time.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Proceeds for the Capital--Takes up his Lodging at Bernay, where he is
overtaken by Mr. Hornbeck, whose Head he longs to fortify.

During this day's expedition, Mr. Jolter took an opportunity of
imparting to his pupil the remarks he had made upon the industry of the
French as an undeniable proof of which he bade him cast his eyes around,
and observe with what care every spot of ground was cultivated, and from
the fertility of that province, which is reckoned the poorest in France,
conceive the wealth and affluence of the nation in general. Peregrine,
amazed as well as disgusted at this infatuation, answered that what he
ascribed to industry was the effect of mere wretchedness; the miserable
peasants being obliged to plough up every inch of ground to satisfy
their oppressive landlords, while they themselves and their cattle
looked like so many images of famine; that their extreme poverty
was evident from the face of the country, on which there was not one
inclosure to be seen, or any other object, except scanty crops of barley
and oats, which could never reward the toil of the husbandman; that
their habitations were no better than paltry huts; that in twenty miles
of extent not one gentleman's house appeared; that nothing was more
abject and forlorn than the attire of their country people; that the
equipage of their travelling chaises was infinitely inferior to that
of a dung-cart in England; and that the postilion who then drove their
carriage had neither stockings to his legs, nor a shirt to his back.

The governor, finding his charge so intractable resolved to leave him
in the midst of his own ignorance and prejudice, and reserve his
observations for those who would pay more deference to his opinion: and
indeed this resolution he had often made, and as often broken in the
transports of his zeal, that frequently hurried him out of the plan of
conduct which in his cooler moments he had laid down. They halted for
refreshment at Montreuil, and about seven in the evening arrived at a
village called Bernay, where, while they waited for fresh horses, they
were informed by the landlord that the gates of Abbeville were shut
every night punctually at eight o'clock, so that it would be impossible
for them to get admittance. He said there was not