A glossary of dialectal place-nomenclature, to which is appended A list of family surnames pronounced differently from what the spelling suggests

Violence of temper approaching to mania has been hereditary in the men of the family, and in my stepfather's case it had, I believe, been intensified by his long residence in the tropics. A series of disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village, and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger. "Last week he hurled (швырнул) the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream (местного кузнеца через перила в реку), and it was only by paying over all the money (и только выплачиванием всех денег) which I could gather together (которые я могла собрать) that I was able to avert another public exposure (смогла избежать другого публичного скандала: «представления»). He had no friends at all (у него не было друзей вообще) save the wandering gypsies (кроме странствующих цыган), and he would give these vagabonds leave to encamp (давал этим бродягам позволение располагаться лагерем) upon the few acres of bramble-covered land (на нескольких акрах заросшей: «покрытой» ежевикой земли) which represent the family estate (которая представляет = составляет родовое имение), and would accept in return the hospitality of their tents (принимал в обмен гостеприимство их шатров), wandering away with them sometimes for weeks on end (кочуя вместе с ними иногда недели напролет) ...»