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the men present were generally plainly, and many shabbily, 

 dressed. The women, many of them, seemed of a higher 

 class, but were also simply dressed, generally in dark calicoes. 



In the south transept (or short arm of the cross) of the 

 cathedral another congregation were assembling as I came 

 out. I followed in a company of boys, marching like soldiers, 

 dressed in long-skirted blue coats, long waistcoats, breeches, 

 and stockings, and with the clerical bands from their cravats. 

 Within were several other such companies boys and girls in 

 uniform, from charity schools, I suppose. ,The girls were 

 dressed in the fashion of Goody-Two-Shoes, with high-backed 

 white caps, and white &quot; pinafores &quot; over blue check gowns. 



This transept is a large place of worship in itself, though 

 but a small part of the cathedral, and is occupied by the 

 parish of St. Oswald, morning and evening service being held 

 in it immediately after that of the cathedral church. On the 

 doors were notices, posted in placards, addressed to persons in 

 certain circumstances, among others, to all who used hair- 

 powder, to give notice to the appointed officers that they might 

 be rightfully taxed. 



In the afternoon we visited a Sunday-school of the Unita 

 rians, where we saw about sixty well-behaved children, the 

 exercises, much the same as in ours. Afterwards we heard a 

 sensible sermon, on faith and works, in the Independent 

 chapel. The clergyman, who has been a missionary in the 

 East, and has also travelled in America, was good enough to 

 call on us and invite us to his house the next day. The con 

 gregation seemed to be of a higher grade than most of that we 

 had seen at the cathedral, more intelligent and animated, and 

 more carefully dressed, yet very much plainer, more modestly 

 and becomingly, and far less expensively than you could often 

 see any congregation with us. 



We had a delightful walk, later in the afternoon, on the 



