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friends and had his hair cut before mak- 
ing the trip. He chronicles the event 
in his journal as a very sad one, in 
which ‘‘ the will of God was usurped by 
the wishes of man.’’ Shorn of his locks 
he probably felt humbled like the stag 
when he loses his horns. 
Quitting Edinburgh on April 5, he 
visited, in succession, Newcastle, Leeds, 
York, Shrewsbury, and Manchester, in 
quest of subscribers to his great work. 
A few were obtained at each place at 
two hundred pounds per head. At 
Newcastle he first met Bewick, the 
famous wood engraver, and conceived a 
deep liking for him. 
We find him in London on May 21, 
1827, and not in a very happy frame of 
mind: ‘To me London is just like the 
mouth of an immense monster, guarded 
by millions of sharp-edged teeth, from 
which, if I escape unhurt, it must be 
called a miracle.”? It only filled him 
with a strong desire to be in his beloved 
