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SAT JULY 15. At 12 o'clock on this happy day of my union with my dear Elizabeth, and amidst a shower of blessings and old shoes, did we leave the bridal breakfast party in Holywell & step into the carriage that was to convey us far from our good friends. Around the door were congregated numbers of spectators & the windows and doors of the streets were filled with curious idlers. We soon rattled through Oxford, Bagley Wood, Abingdon & other well-known scenes & at Newbury dined amidst flowers of scarce & beautiful varieties at the good old fashioned inn of the Pelican. At Winchester we stayed for the night & before tea strolled down St Peter's St. to see the house formerly occupied by our friend Mr Edwards. 5

SUN: JULY 16. While breakfast was preparing, we walked down to the cathedral & were detained there much longer than we expected by the beautiful ?charming of the music which was performing. The great length of its aisles & the massive elegance of its pillars, the rich shrines of Bishop Fox, of William of Wykeham & of Waynfleet, all founders of colleges in Oxford, of Cardinal Beaufort & others, render this cathedral one of the finest in the kingdom & well worth a visit. Our ride to Southampton through the New Forest was a cheerful one; immediately on arriving at the Inn, we took a car to Notley Abbey, passing over the steam ferry bridge at Itchen and soon after arriving there, we discovered Kate & Edward Standen seated under a shady tree among the ruins. They met us here by appointment bringing a dinner with them which we enjoyed in the place where many good dinners have been eaten in the olden times by monks of this large & respectable abbey. For

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