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a good mother. After sewing three guineas in my 

 breeches waistband, I set off that afternoon, and 

 walked to Haydon Bridge. There I visited my old 

 crony, Thomas Spence, then a teacher in Haydon 

 Bridge school, with whom I was a welcome guest, 

 and stopped two days. Leave of absence from 

 school having been given to him, I rambled with 

 him over the neighbourhood, and visited every- 

 thing worth notice. When I departed, he ac- 

 companied me on the road nearly to Haltwhistle. 

 After this, I met with little to attract notice except 

 Naworth Castle; and, when I left it, and was pro- 

 ceeding across the country, I lost my way by 

 following paths which led only to holes that had 

 been made by digging peats and turf, and did not 

 reach my uncle's house at Ainstable till late in the 

 evening. I remained at Ainstable about a week, 

 during which time I rambled about the neigh- 

 bourhood, visited my friends at Kirkoswald and 

 elsewhere, and spent what time I could spare in 

 fishing for trout in the Croglin. 



After I had seen Armanthwaite and Penrith, I 

 began to think of moving further abroad ; and my 

 cousin having occasion to go to Carlisle, I went 

 with him there, where we parted. I wandered 

 about the old city; and, in the afternoon, looked 

 into the shop of Lowry, the watchmaker, to whom 

 I was known as having been employed, by my 

 master, to engrave many clock faces for him, 

 during my apprenticeship. While I was in his 

 shop, in came a man a kind of scamp of the 

 name of Graham, who asked me what road I was 

 going? "To Scotland," I replied. "So am I," said 

 he; "and, if you can keep foot with me, I will be 

 glad of your company." We had no sooner set off, 



