UNCLE IN ENGLAND. 207 



aunt recommends us to go to bed, as we are to be 

 up very early to-morrow morning, in order that 

 there may be full time for seeing the carpet ma- 

 nufactory at Kidderminster, on our way to 

 Shrewsbury, where we are to sleep. So, good- 

 night, though it is scarcely yet dark. What charm- 

 ing long days there are in this country compared 

 with those of Rio. 



14 th June, Shrewsbury. 



Sweet is the dubious bound 



Of night and morn, when spray and plant are drenched 

 In dew. 



Everything was in that state when we set out 

 early this morning from Worcester ; it reminded 

 me of all my uncle had told me about dew, and I 

 took the opportunity of asking him if dew is 

 formed in the morning " it continues to form 

 in shaded places, after sun-rise," said he ; " but 

 there is a shorter interval between sun-rise and 

 its ceasing to form, than between its first ap- 

 pearance in the afternoon and sun-set ; though 

 Dr. Wells thinks, that if the weather be favour- 

 able, more dew forms a little before and a little 

 after sun-rise, in shaded places, than at any other 

 time." 



My aunt remarked, that a few years ago, while 

 in constant attendance on a sick child from July 

 to September, she rose every morning at day- 

 break; and had an opportunity of observing, 



T 2 



