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which was the subject this evening; a very good 
sermon, delivered in an impressive bat rather pom- 
pous) manner. I am very anxious to get to Glasgow. 
I have been living in society, for the last three weeks, 
by no means to my taste, and most of them are still 
here. It is not very pleasant to spend a Sabbath 
alone at a hotel; but I suppose I must needs become 
accustomed to it. 
I was not fully aware, until yesterday, how much 
cause we had for thankfulness at our safe arrival. The 
gales which we encountered off the Irish coast have 
caused a great number of shipwrecks, and it is feared 
that many lives are lost. The England escaped most 
narrowly. 
Feather’s Inn, Chester, Monday evening. —I have, 
my dear friend, the singular pleasure of writing and 
addressing to you another leaf of my journal from a 
city which was founded, according to the directory 
which lies before me, “ in the year, 917 B. c., at which 
time Jehosaphat and Ahab governed Israel and 
Judah,” — the only walled and fortified city in Eng- 
land of which the walls are yet in a state of preserva- 
tion. The city was rebuilt by Julius Cesar, and was 
an important Roman station; and there yet remain 
many vestiges of Roman occupancy ; a hypocaust is 
still to be seen under the hotel in which I am now 
staying, — so it is said, for I have not yet seen it, 
having arrived here after dark. But I expect to be 
very much interested in this queer old town, for which 
I owe thanks to Dr. Torrey, since it was his recom- 
mendation that induced me to come here. I have 
scampered about the streets this evening, bought some 
lithographic views, studied the directory, and am pre- 
pared for a busy day between Chester and Eaton 
