*_Sonnet_ XXII.
'Tis said that to the brow,' &c.
This pleasing tradition was told me by the coachman at whose side I sate while he drove down the dale, he pointing to the trees on the hill as he related the story.
229.

*_Sonnet_ XXIII.
'Untouched through all severity of cold.' This was also communicated to me by a coachman in the same way.

In the course of my many coach rambles and journeys, which, during the daytime always, and often in the night, were taken on the outside of the coach, I had good and frequent opportunities of learning the character of this class of men.

One remark I made, that is worth recording, that whenever I had occasion especially to notice their well-ordered, respectful, and kind behaviour to women, of whatever age, I found them, I may say almost always, to be married men.
230.

*_Sonnet_ XXIV.
'Go, faithful Tishart,' &c.
The six last lines of this sonnet are not written for poetical effect, but as a matter of fact, which in more than one instance could not escape my notice in the servants of the house.
231.