"By jingo!" cried he, rousing up at once into the old energy, "I shall _do_ the insurance company! I always was a lucky fellow!" These men are keen and shrewd; faithful and persevering in following out a good purpose, fell in tracking an evil one.

They are not emotional; they are not easily made into either friends or enemies; but once lovers or haters, it is difficult to change their feeling.

They are a powerful race both in mind and body, both for good and for evil.
The woollen manufacture was introduced into this district in the days of Edward III.

It is traditionally said that a colony of Flemings came over and settled in the West Riding to teach the inhabitants what to do with their wool.

The mixture of agricultural with manufacturing labour that ensued and prevailed in the West Riding up to a very recent period, sounds pleasant enough at this distance of time, when the classical impression is left, and the details forgotten, or only brought to light by those who explore the few remote parts of England where the custom still lingers.