night in a continual variation of entertainment; when the crowd now
all at once began to lessen, and I also took a coach and drove home.

At Ranelagh the company appeared to me much better, and more select
than at Vauxhall; for those of the lower class who go there, always
dress themselves in their best, and thus endeavour to copy the
great. Here I saw no one who had not silk stockings on. Even the
poorest families are at the expense of a coach to go to Ranelagh, as
my landlady assured me. She always fixed on some one day in the
year, on which, without fail, she drove to Ranelagh. On the whole
the expense at Ranelagh is nothing near so great as it is at
Vauxhall, if you consider the refreshments; for any one who sups at
Vauxhall, which most people do, is likely, for a very moderate
supper, to pay at least half-a-guinea.

The Parliament.

I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the
Parliament House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I
seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my
journey thither amply rewarded.

As little as I have hitherto troubled myself with politics, because
indeed with us it is but little worth our while, I was however
desirous of being present at a meeting of parliament--a wish that
was soon amply gratified.

One afternoon, about three o'clock, at which hour, or thereabouts,
the house most commonly meets, I enquired for Westminster Hall, and
was very politely directed by an Englishman. These directions are