36 EAELY DAYS 



Graham ; the descent of a coal-mine, with its breed of horses 

 remarkable for their short and glossy hair like that of a mouse ; 

 and visits to a rope- walk, alkali works, and Eichardson's Crown 

 Glass factory, which calls forth a reference to one of his encyclo- 

 paedic sources of general knowledge : 



The most interesting process was the converting the globe 

 of glass into a flat sheet by merely twisting quickly the iron 

 rod to which it was attached ; if you remember, the process 

 is well described in one of the late numbers of the Penny 

 Magazine. 



