CHAPTER III. 
FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. 
1838-1839. 
Ir has been deemed expedient to give a somewhat 
fuller narrative of Dr. Gray’s first visit to Europe 
than of his subsequent ones. It was then that he 
formed many personal acquaintances which ripened 
into lifelong friendships, and received his first im- 
pressions of scenes in nature and art which were to 
become very familiar. His letters home took the form 
of a very detailed journal, and it is in extracts from 
this journal, supplemented by letters to other friends, 
that this narrative consists. 
JOURNAL. 
Apveurnt Horen, Liverroot, 12 m., December 1, 1838. 
We came up the Channel with a gentle breeze, and 
anchored at half-past nine. At ten minutes past ten 
I set my feet on the soil (or rather the stone) of Old 
England. We were very fortunate in our ship, hay- 
ing made our voyage in twenty-one days; while the 
England (in which, you may remember, I once had in- 
ieadad to sail), which left New York on the first of 
November, came to anchor just ten minutes before us 
(thirty days). The Garrick, which sailed on the 
twenty-fifth of October, arrived here only on Saturday. 
I must close this letter early in the morning. . . . 
