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large floating wharf, from which the ascent to the quays is made 

 easy at all times of tide, by a sufficiently long, hinged bridge. 



There is a Sailor's Home now building here, which will cer- 

 tainly be a noble record of the justice and liberality of the mer- 

 chants of the port to their humble associates on the sea. It is 

 situated in an open public place, not far from the Custom House 

 and City Hall. It is built of stone, in the Elizabethan style, 

 and was considered a design worthy of giving Prince Albert 

 honor in the laying of its corner-stone. It is already a stately 

 edifice. 



There are chapels for seamen in several (possibly hi all) of the 

 docks.* 



Later. We have left Liverpool, and while breathing this de- 

 licious fragrance of hawthorn and clover, it is hard to think back 

 to the stirring dusty town, but I will try for a few minutes to do 

 so, and then bring you with me (I wish I could !) out into the 

 country. 



A great deal that interested us at Liverpool I must omit to 

 tell you of. I should like to introduce you to some of the agree- 

 able acquaintances we met there, but in what we saw of social 

 life there was hardly any thing to distinguish it from America. 

 We were much pleased with some of the public gardens and 

 pleasure grounds that we visited, and when we return here I may 

 give you some account of them. I meant to have said a little 



* The laws of the port require : That for three hours at high water, there shall be an 

 efficient person on the deck of every vessel in the docks or basins ; That the anchor shall 

 be in-board, jib-boom run in, etc.; That no article of freight shall be allowed to remain 

 on the dock-quays for more than forty-eight hours [penalty, 1.25 an hour] ; That no 

 light or fire shall be allowed [without special permission] on any vessel in the docks or 

 basins at any tune. This last regulation prevents cooking on board, and makes it 

 necessary for the crews to live on shore. The consequent customs are very inconvenient, 

 expensive, and demoralizing to the seaman. 



