Note 145 — V. THE LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS OF EAST ANGLIA

The other side of the picture may, however, be presented. Horace, says Cunningham (Walpole’s Letters, vol. i.), hated Norfolk, the native country of his father, and delighted in Kent, the native country of his mother. “He did not care for Norfolk ale, Norfolk turnips, Norfolk dumplings and Norfolk turkeys. Its flat, sandy aguish scenery was not to his taste.” He dearly liked what he calls most happily, “the rich, blue prospects of Kent.”