So they were committed for trial at the Liverpool
assizes, to be holden some time in the present month. I rather wished
them to escape.
February 27th.--Coming along the promenade, a little before sunset, I saw
the mountains of the Welsh coast shadowed very distinctly against the
horizon. Mr. Channing told me that he had seen these mountains once or
twice during his stay at Southport; but, though constantly looking for
them, they have never before greeted my eyes in all the months that we
have spent here. It is said that the Isle of Man is likewise discernible
occasionally; but as the distance must be between sixty and seventy
miles, I should doubt it. How misty is England! I have spent four years
in a gray gloom. And yet it suits me pretty well.
TO YORK.
April 10th.--At Skipton. My wife, J-----, and I left Southport to-day
for a short tour to York and its neighborhood. The weather has been
exceedingly disagreeable for weeks past, but yesterday and to-day have
been pleasant, and we take advantage of the first glimpses of spring-like
weather. We came by Preston, along a road that grew rather more
interesting as we proceeded to this place, which is about sixty miles
from Southport, and where we arrived between five and six o'clock.
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