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           Alltheothershideroundcorners,andmerelypeepattheriverdownonestreet: mythankstothemforbeingsoconsiderate,andleavingtheriver-bankstowoodsandfieldsandwater-works. 

           EvenReading,thoughitdoesitsbesttospoilandsullyandmakehideousasmuchoftheriverasitcanreach,isgood-naturedenoughtokeepitsuglyfaceagooddealoutofsight. 

           Caesar,ofcourse,hadalittleplaceatWalton—acamp,oranentrenchment,orsomethingofthatsort. Caesarwasaregularup-riverman. AlsoQueenElizabeth,shewasthere,too. Youcannevergetawayfromthatwoman,gowhereyouwill. CromwellandBradshaw(nottheguideman,buttheKingCharles’sheadman)likewisesojournedhere. Theymusthavebeenquiteapleasantlittleparty,altogether. 

           Thereisaniron"scold’sbridle"inWaltonChurch. Theyusedthesethingsinancientdaysforcurbingwomen’stongues. Theyhavegivenuptheattemptnow. Isupposeironwasgettingscarce,andnothingelsewouldbestrongenough. 

           Therearealsotombsofnoteinthechurch,andIwasafraidIshouldnevergetHarrispastthem;buthedidn’tseemtothinkofthem,andwewenton. Abovethebridgetheriverwindstremendously. Thismakesitlookpicturesque;butitirritatesyoufromatowingorscullingpointofview,andcausesargumentbetweenthemanwhoispullingandthemanwhoissteering. 

           YoupassOatlandsParkontherightbankhere. Itisafamousoldplace. HenryVIIIstoleitfromsomeoneortheother,Iforgetwhomnow,andlivedinit. Thereisagrottointheparkwhichyoucanseeforafee,andwhichissupposedtobeverywonderful;butIcannotseemuchinitmyself.