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the second daughter of Mr. Wm. Rathbone. After tea I 

 drew a dog in charcoal, and rubbed it with a cork to give 

 an idea of the improvement over the common stumps ordi- 

 narily used. Afterwards I accompanied the two brothers 

 to a debating club, instituted on their premises for the ad- 

 vancement of their workmen ; on the way we passed a 

 chapel and a long row of cottages for the work-people, and 

 finally reached the schoolroom, where about thirty men had 

 assembled. The question presented was " Which was the 

 more advantageous, the discovery of the compass, or that 

 of the art of printing ? " I listened with interest, and later 

 talked with the men on some of the wonders of my own 

 country, in which they seemed to be much interested. 



Quarry Bank, September 1 20. Though the weather was 

 cloudy and somewhat rainy, I rose early, took an immense 

 walk, up and down the river, through the gardens, along 

 the road, and about the woods, fields, and meadows; saw 

 a flock of Partridges, and at half-past eight had done this 

 and daubed in a sketch of an Esquimau in a sledge, 

 drawn by four dogs. The offer was made me to join a 

 shooting party in the afternoon ; all was arranged, and the 

 pleasure augmented by the presence of Mr. Shaw, the 

 principal game-keeper of Lord Stanford, who obligingly 

 promised to show us many birds (so are Partridges called). 

 Our guns are no longer than my arm, and we had two 

 good dogs. Pheasants are not to be touched till the first of 

 October, but an exception was made for me and one was 

 shot, and I picked it up while his eye was yet all life, his 

 feathers all brilliancy. We had a fine walk and saw the 

 Derbyshire hills. Mr. Shaw pocketed five shillings, and 

 we the game. This was my first hunting on English soil, 

 on Lord Stanford's domain, where every tree such as 

 we should call saplings --was marked and numbered, and 

 for all that I know pays either a tax to the government or 

 a tithe to the parish. I am told that a Partridge which 

 crosses the river, or a road, or a boundary, and alights on 



