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where I saw the finest, cattle I have yet met with in 

 England. %pS* (- H^ta**^*-^ 



y October 21S This has been a busy day. On my return 

 from Quarry Bank I saw Mr. Bentley, Mr. Heywood, and 

 other friends. Mr. H. gave me a letter to Professor Jame- 

 son, of Edinburgh. Called on Dr. Hulme; paid, in all, 

 twenty visits, and dined with Mr. Bentley, 1 and with his as- 

 sistance packed up my birds safe and snug, though much 

 fatigued ; it was late when we parted ; he is a brother 

 Mason and has been most kind to me. I wrote "down for 

 Mrs. Kaffibohe a briefTnemorahHum of the flight of birds, 

 with a few little pencil sketches to make my figures more 

 interesting: Swallows, two and a half miles a minute; 

 Wild Pigeons, when travelling, two miles per minute ; Swans, 

 ditto two miles, Wild Turkeys, one mile and three quarters. 



Manchester, October 23, 1826, Monday. This day was ab-^- 

 solutely all spent packing and making ready for my start for 

 Edinburgh; my seat in the coach taken and paid for, — 

 three pounds fifteen shillings. I spent my last evening 

 with Mr. Bentley and his family. As the coach leaves at 

 5 A. M., I am sleeping at the inn to be ready when called. 

 I am leaving Manchester much poorer than I was when I 

 entered it. 



Carlisle, Tuesday, October 24. The morning was clear 

 and beautiful, and at five I left Manchester ; but as no 

 dependence can be placed on the weather in this country, 

 I. prepared for rain later. I was alone in the coach, and 

 had been regretting I had no companion, when a very tall 

 gentleman entered, but after a few words, he said he was 

 much fatigued and wished to sleep ; he composed himself 

 therefore and soon slept soundly. How I envied him! 

 We rolled on, however, and arrived at the village of 

 Preston, where we breakfasted as quickly as if we had 

 been Kentuckians. The coaches were exchanged, packages 

 transferred, and I entered the conveyance and met two 

 1 I believe Mr. Robert Bentley, the publisher, i > 1 , 



