Chepstow. Marten the Regicide. The girl's explanation. Taxes imposed by
English lords and gentlemen on travellers. The possessor of Piercefield.
Crossing the Bristol Channel. Men and horses pèle mèle. Recapitulation.
Natural pictures. The most beautiful building. Bristol. The feudal
churches. Disinterested piety of English clergymen. The mayor's
equipage. Cook's Folly. Lord de Clifford's park. Russian fleet. The
model of a village. Clifton. The black and white house. Sensibility of
surgeons. Bath. The king of Bath. The Abbey church. Singular decoration.
King James the Second's heroic feat. The eccentric Beckford. The tower.
Strange _cortege_. The visit over the wall. Gothic architecture.
Christmas-eve market. Walks by day and night. The conflagration......460