e practice of husbandry. His book entitled "A
Tour Through the Southern Counties of England" achieved
great popularity. This he actively followed by writing
other works describing agricultural conditions in various
parts of England, and in Ireland. His vivid and
interesting style secured for his treatises a very wide
circulation. In 1784 he commenced the issue of an annual
register entitled "The Annals of Agriculture" of which 45
volumes were published. Three years later an invitation
from the Comte de la Rochefoucauld induced Young to visit
France. He went a second and a third time, and created a
sensation by the publication of an account of his
experiences during the three consecutive years that
immediately preceded the Revolution. Arthur Young
travelled on horseback through many districts of France in
the midst of the disturbances. So realistic is his account
that it is regarded as the most reliable record ever
written of the French rural conditions of that period. The
French Directory ordered all Young's works to be
translated into French, and they are as popular as ever
to-day across the Channel.

There are two methods of writing travels; to register the journey
itself, or the result of it. In the former case it is a diary; the
latter usually falls into the shape of essays on distinct subjects. A
journal form has the advantage of carrying with a greater degree of
credibility; and, of course, more weight. A traveller who thus registers
his observations is detected the moment he writes of things he has not
seen. If he sees little, he must register little. The reader is saved
from imposition. On the other hand a diary necessarily leads to
repetitions on the same subjects and the same ideas.

In favour of composing essays there is the counterbalancing advantage
that the matter comes with the full effect of force and completeness
from the author. Another admirable circumstance is brevity, by the
rejection of all useless details. After weighing the _pour_ and the
_contre_, I think it not impracticable to retain in my case the benefit
of both plans.

JOURNAL. May 15. The strait that separates England, fortunately for her,
from the rest of the world, must be crossed many times before the
traveller ceases to be surprised at the sudden and universal change that
surrounds him on landing at Calais. The scene, the people, the language,
every object is new. The noble improvement of a