370 PROPOSED EXTENSION oF T1TE PABT V. 



pair of new shoes. The suhjoiiied is a facsimile of tlir 

 -it try in his pocketbook. 



FAC-SIM1LE OF BRINDLEY'S HAND-V. 



It will be observed that an expenditure is here entered 

 of nine shillings for going to "the play." It would 

 appear that his friend Gilbert, who was in London with 

 him on the canal business, prevailed on Brindley l<> 

 go with him to the theatre to see G-arrick in the play of 

 ' Eichard III.,' and he went. He had never been to an 

 entertainment of the kind before ; but the excitement 

 which it caused him was so great, and it so completely 

 disturbed his ideas, that he was unfitted for business for 

 several days after. He then declared that no consideration 

 should tempt him to go a second time, and he held to 



