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wliich was the subject this evening ; a very good 

 sermon, delivered in an impressive (but 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 Caesar, and was 

 an important Roman station ; and there yet remain 

 many vestiges of Eoman occupancy ; a hypocaust is 

 stiU 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 



