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

 England. 



October 21. 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,^ 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. Rathbone a brief memorandum 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. 



