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His only idle day during that month seems to have 

 the 22nd, which was a holiday, for he makes the entry in 

 his book of " crounation of Georg and Sharlot," the new 

 King and Queen of England. By the 25th we find him 

 again witli the Duke at YVorsley, and on the 30th he 

 makes the entry, " set out at Dunham to Level for Liver- 

 pool." The work then went on continuously ; the survey 

 was completed ; and on the l^tli of Xovemher lie set out 

 for London, with 11. 18*. in his pocket. 



In the course of his numerous journeys, we find Brindley 

 carefully noting down the various items of his expenses, 

 which were curiously small. Although he was four or 

 five days on the road to London, and stayed eight days in 

 town, his total expenses, both going and returning, 

 amounted to only 4/. 86-. ; though it is most probable that 

 he lived at the Duke's house whilst in town. On the 

 1st of December we find him, on his return journey to 

 Worsley, resting the first night at a place called Brick- 

 hill ; the next at Coventry, where he makes the entry, 

 " Moy mar had a bad fall in the frasst ;" the third at 

 Sandon ; the fourth at Congleton ; and the fifth at Wors- 

 ley. He had still some inquiries to make as to the depth 

 of water and the conditions of the tide at Heinpstones ; 

 and for three days he seems to have been occupied in 

 traffic-taking, with a view to the evidence to be given 

 before Parliament; for on the 10th of December we find 

 him at Stretford, "to count the caridgos," and on the 

 12th he is at Manchester for the same purpose, " counting 

 the loded caridgos and horses." The following bill refers 

 to some of the work done by him at this time, and is a 

 curious specimen of an engineer's travelling charges in 

 those days the engineer himself being at the same time 

 paid at the rate of 3s. 6J. a day : 



