Canterbury, a corruption of its Saxon names, Cant-wara-byrig (town of the men of Kent), is 68 miles E.S.E. from London. It is the ecclesiastical capital of England, and its magnificent cathedral was founded in 597. It was here that the prelate Thomas I Becket was murdered before
December 26, 1891 - Ben Brierley's Journal - Manchester, Lancashire, England
eart, profusely strewn with maize husks. The journey from here to the Fazenda de lifooler occupies about five and a half hours, but the misery experienced en route I am powerless to describe. For the first mile or so we traverse a pretty even road, and all goes well; save for th
December 26, 1891 - Ben Brierley's Journal - Manchester, Lancashire, England