His wages w ere seven shilling- a week."
out of w hich he paid cottage tent. He
said he could not "aflord meat for his
children, nor for himself every !uy ;"
"that he look it all lo himself that ho'
might have the strength to work."
The eldest daughter wore shoes, but
was meanly drcsM'd ; the others were
bare-foot and in rags. The whole furni
ture in the house, including cooking uten
sils, would not have told for twenty shil
lings. There were other cottages in which
still greater wretchedness vas visable,
and others again, in somew hat better con
dition ; this may be regarded as an aver
age specimen of ihe whole.
I passed scwral days five miles frnni
Exeter, at the beautiful mantion of Mr.
