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more from the dirt and smoke and bustle of manufac- 

 tories ! 



The new members had not gone far before they 

 exhibited in an aggravated form all the usual signs of 

 the mania which had so seriously affected all who have 

 ever mounted our coach. The older members derived 

 great pleasure from seeing how completely the recent 

 acquisitions were carried away. Their enthusiasm knew 

 no bounds, and we drove in to the Swan at Lichfield 

 brimful of happiness. We had left Wolverhampton 

 about noon, the stage for the day being a short one, 

 only twenty miles. 



Lichfield, July i. 



The cathedral deserves a visit, out of the way of 

 travel as it is. Its three spires and its chapter house 

 are the finest we have yet seen ; and then Chantrey's 

 sleeping children is worth travelling hundreds of miles 

 to see. Never before has marble been made to express 

 the childish sleep of innocence as this does. 



It was strange that I should stumble upon a monu- 

 ment in the cathedral to Major Hodson, whose grave I 

 had seen in India. He lies with Havelock and Law- 

 rence in the pretty little English cemetery at Lucknow, 

 poor fellow, and here his friends and neighbors away in 

 quiet Lichfield have commemorated his valor. 



How well do I remember my visit to that historic 

 burial place in far off India and the impression made 

 upon me as I stood beside the tombs of the heroes who 



