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morning Joe Hooker and myself breakfasted together, 
and then paid a visit to Westminster Abbey, which 
we examined in every part, from Poets’ Corner to 
Henry VII.’s Chapel. . 
As we left the Abbey Cw by the way, we were 
most thoroughly chilled with our long stay), we went 
into the Chapter House adidinteg. a very antique 
building crammed with old records and musty manu- 
scripts, and Sir Francis Palgrave kindly showed us 
the famous Domesday Book, which is in a perfect 
state of preservation; all the writing perfectly dis- 
tinct, and so plainly executed that we could read it, 
here and there, with moderate facility. He showed 
us a copy of a treaty made with France by Cardinal 
Wolsey, of which the immense seal appended was cut 
in gold, and of the most elaborate workmanship. We 
saw also the original papal bull sent to Henry VIIL., 
constituting him “ Defender of the Faith” ! We went 
from this to Westminster Hall; saw the large room, 
which is very fine; looked into the Court of Exche- 
quer, and saw the Lord Chancellor and other judges 
in their full-bottom wigs, most funny to behold, I 
assure you; and the barristers with their queer horse- 
hair wigs, frizzled on the top of their heads, but tied 
up into nice and regular curls behind, which fall upon 
their shoulders. The case of the Canadian prisoners 
was then under consideration. We then rode in an 
omnibus to the City and visited St. Paul’s Church, 
which, grand as it is, does not show to advantage after 
Westminster Abbey. The monumental statuary is 
very fine; some of it I would mention, but the ex- 
treme lateness of the hour obliges me discreetly to 
break off and finish my account of the day hereafter. 
Bon soir, or rather Bon jour ! 
