36 EAELY DAYS 
Graham ; the descent of a coal-mine, with its breed of horses 
remarkable for their short and glossy hair like that of a mouse ; 
and visits to a rope-walk, alkah works, and Eichardson's Crown 
Glass factory, which calls forth a reference to one of his encyclo- 
paedic sources of general knowledge : 
The most interesting process was the converting the globe 
of glass into a flat sheet by merely twisting quickly the iron 
rod to which it was attached ; if you remember, the process 
is well described in one of the late numbers of the Penny 
Magazine. 
