MORSE.
Everything was new and interesting to the young artist, and his critical observations on people and places, on manners and customs, are naive and often very keen.

The following are extracts from his diary:-- "As to the manners of the people it cannot be expected that I should form a correct opinion of them since my intercourse with them has been so short, but, from what little I have seen, I am induced to entertain a very favorable opinion of their hospitality.

The appearance of the women as I met them in the streets struck me on account of the beauty of their complexions.

Their faces may be said to be handsome, but their figures are very indifferent and their gait, in walking, is very bad.
"On Friday, the 9th of August, I went to the Mayor to get leave to go to London.

He gave me ten days to get there, and told me, if he found me in Liverpool after that time, he should put me in prison, at which I could not help smiling.