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cloth or fustian coat, corduroy breeches, with long gaiters, or, 

 as they were generally called, " spats," or leggings, buttoned up 

 the side, with strong boots laced in front. He was generally 

 of a thoughtful, studious turn of mind, rarely mixing with his 

 schoolfellows in their sports and play, and rather looked upon 

 by them as the quiet, dull boy of the school. His words were 

 generally so few that I cannot call to mind any particular 

 thing that he either said or did. The school was a mixed 

 school for both sexes, the boys occupying the ground floor and 

 the girls the room above, and it was considered the best private 

 day school in the town.' At this school he remained four 

 years, and was well grounded in history, geography, and draw- 

 ing. Mr. Harrison said of him, that 'he was never a bright 

 pupil. He was very steady, very attentive, especially to any 

 particular study into which he put his heart. Drawing was his 

 chief delight. He was a fine, pure boy, stout and tall for his 

 age, with a remarkably intelligent eye. So much did his eye 

 impress me, that I have often, when alone, drawn it from 

 memory, simply for my own gratification. I have sketches of 

 him somewhere among my papers, with crimped frill round his 

 neck, just as he appeared then ; but though naturally very 

 quiet, he was sometimes given to random tricks.' 



His father did not succeed in the farm, but continued to 

 lose money ; when the lease expired, he removed to Bradford, 

 when young Salt was in his nineteenth year. Bradford was 

 just at that time entering on the career of remarkable pro- 

 sperity for which it has since been so highly distinguished. 

 The population of the town at that time was aboui 10,000; it 

 has increased since to upwards of 170,000. His father, Daniel 

 Salt, here began the business of a woolstapler, and in order 

 that Titus might gain some knowledge of the same business, he 



