Wesley Corpus

behaved as well, as if we had been in the church. Wed. 10. I rode through a lovely country to Barnard- Castle, and foundmuch life in the congregation. Thursday, 11 . About noonwe came to Appleby, the county town of Cumber- land. Avery large room being provided, I preached withmuch liberty, and then cheerfully went on to Penrith . Inmywayhither, I looked over Lord Bacon's " Ten Centu- ries of Experiments." Many of them are extremely curious ; andmanymay be highly useful. Afterwards I read Dr. Ander- son's " Account of the Hebrides." How accurate and sensible awriter ! Buthow clearly does he show that, through the ill- judged salt [duty] , the herring-fishery there, which might be of great advantage, is so effectually destroyed, that the King's reve- nue therefrom is annihilated ; yea, that it generally, at least fre- quently, turns out some thousand pounds worse than nothing ! Fri. 12.-I preached at Carlisle ; and Saturday, 13, after a long day's journey, at Glasgow. After spending three days here fully employed, on Wednesday, 17, we went on to Edinburgh. Here likewise I hadmuch and pleasant work. On Friday, 19, Iwent forward to Dundee ; and on Saturday, 20, to Arbroath; where I spent the Lord's Day in the Lord's work. Mon. 22. Having a long day's journey before us, we set out, at half-hour past three : So we came early to Aberdeen. Wed- nesday, 24. We had an exceeding solemn parting, as I reminded them that we could hardly expect to see each other's face any more, till we met in Abraham's bosom. 332 REV. J. WESLEY'S [June, 1786. Thur. 25. We set out early ; but when we came to Bervie, the innwas full ; there wasno room for man or beast; sowewere constrained to go a double stage, to Montrose. But the storm was so high, we could not pass for several hours. However, we reached Arbroath soon after six ; and a large congregationwas deeply attentive, while I applied, " To him that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even what he assuredly hath." The storm was still so high, that, unless we set out at night, we could not pass till nine in the morning. So we went on board at eleven. The wind was then so strong, that the boat