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were spent at Liver- pool, in preparation for my intended voyage to America. 5th Month, 26th. Being the first day of the week, we attended the meetings at Liverpool, and spent the rest of the day at our Cousin A. B.'s, at Mile- end, near Liverpool; where we had the company of Captain R. B. of the Romulus, an agreeable, con- sistent friend, from Hudson City, in the State of New-York. 5th Month, 27th. In the morning cousin T. B. kindly conducted me to the Lyceum; a splendid public establishment of the nature of a news-room or coffee-house, and library. Afterwards, accom- panied by my wife and children, we paid a visit to the Asylum for the Blind ; an institution well worthy the support of the wealthy, where many persons who have lost their sight, are instructed in various branches of business, by which they are enabled to pass their time usefully, and agreeably to them- selves. After visiting this institution, we walked to the Botanic Garden. Our relation being a sub- scriber, had the privilege of introducing us as strangers; and we spent a pleasant hour or two, having, in the compass of a few acres of land, an opportunity of seeing a vast variety of plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees, natives of every quarter of the world, alive and flourishing as in the countries from which they are brought. Amongst them I noticed the banana and the sugar cane.