Chapter VII: Introduction

The Village Register considered, as containing principally the Annals
of the Poor--State of the Peasantry as meliorated by Frugality and
Industry--The Cottage of an industrious Peasant; its
Ornaments--Prints and Books--The Garden; its Satisfactions--The
State of the Poor, when improvident and vicious--The Row or
Street, and its Inhabitants--The Dwelling of one of these--A
Public House--Garden and its Appendages--Gamesters; rustic
Sharpers, &c.--Conclusion of the Introductory Part.