of my apprenticeships — we preferred to call our- 
selves “ pupils,” by the way — to the worthy country 
surgeon. He stood high in the estimation of the 
good townsfolk, and was, moreover, surgeon to the 
County Gaol. This imposing pile included all 
His first, under Mr. Dickson. 
1804-24 COUNTY . GAOL 13 
^hich only those who may have heard him will 
bo able to recall in reading the two following 
3-ccounts of himself : — 
‘ It happened during the probationary period 
THE GATEWAY, I-AN’CASTER CASTLE 
