The men and boys looked healthy and bright; their hands were smooth and clean, and their aprons white as snow.

Not one of them smoked or took snuff at his work.

I saw every process and implement employed in the construction of these pies for the market; the great tubs of pepper and spice, the huge ovens, the cooling racks, the packing room; in a word, every department and feature of the establishment.

And the best thing that I can say of it is this: that I shall eat with better satisfaction and relish hereafter the pies bearing the brand of Evans, of Melton Mowbray, than I ever did before.

The famous Stilton cheese is another speciality of this quiet and interesting town, or of its immediate neighborhood.