But he is so fond of giving advice that I fear he will some day or other, as the Scotch say, raise my corruption, and provoke me to send him about his business.

His name, which I never hear without laughing, is Peter Prim.
"Half my journey was by daylight, and all that I saw during that time disappointed me grievously.

It is amazing how small a part of the country is under cultivation.

Two-thirds at least, as it seemed to me, was in the state of Wandsworth Common, or, to use an illustration which you will understand better, of Chatmoss.

The people whom we met were as few as in the Highlands of Scotland.