subject that I do not agree to entirely. You cannot say too much
against slavery; but I call myself an abolitionist, and while I
live, I mean to say and do all I can against it. There are many
people in America, also, who feel as I do, and we hope to see it
abolished."

While we were in Westmoreland, we made an excursion of four days
among the beautiful lakes. Miss Martineau was our guide and
companion. She knows the name of every mountain, every lake, every
glen and dale, every stream and tarn, and her guidance lent a new
charm to the scenes of grandeur and beauty through which she
conducted us.

We took a vehicle which the people call a jaunting car; it is a
square open carriage with two side seats and a door behind; and is
drawn by one horse. Two easy steps and a door easily opened let you
in and out when you please. The car holds four persons. The driver
has a seat in front, and under it he tied our carpet bag.

Never did four souls enjoy themselves more than we on this little
excursion. I could not give you an adequate idea of what we saw, or
of the pleasure we took. Think of coming down from one of these
beautiful hills into Eskdale, or Ennesdale, of walking four miles on
the banks of Ullswater, of looking with your living eyes on Derwent
Water, Grassmere, Windermere, and many other lovely spots of which
you have seen pictures and read descriptions; and of being one in
the pleasantest party in the world, as you think, stopping where,
and when, and as long as any one pleases.

It was on this journey that I first saw a real ruin. The ruins of