The pressure of the wind, the horizontal motion, and the course are recorded upon sheets of paper running upon cylinders and connected with the clock; the instrument which obeys the voice of the wind being outside.
"Aug.

5, 1857.

I did not send my letter to Mr.Hawthorne until yesterday, supposing that he was not in the city; but yesterday when Rev.James Martineau called on me, he said that he had not yet left.

Mr.
Martineau said that it would be a great loss to Liverpool when Mr.
Hawthorne went away.
"I sent my letter at once; from all that I had heard of Mr.Hawthorne's shyness, I thought it doubtful if he would call, and I was therefore very much pleased when his card was sent in this morning.

Mr.Hawthorne was more chatty than I had expected, but not any more diffident.