1824.] Projected Improvement 



vated. Wadi-A'.nhe lias \veli-bui!t 

 Louses in a desert, i)ut Ibrim seems 

 richer and more populous. The ruins 

 of a castle, on a rock, perhaps belonged 

 to ancieut Primis; which city, in the 

 inscription of King Silko, is considered 

 as the strongest and most important in 

 the couoirj'. Farther on we find Wadi- 

 Task Re in a pleasant and advantage- 

 ous situation; but, in Ermina, the 

 country has the same sort of appear- 

 ance as in front of Derre. Wadi- 

 Tarige has some cultivated land and 

 palm trees ou the east side ; but, on the 

 west, the rocks border immediately 

 upon the shore, in which manner they 

 continiie as far as Wadi-abu Sumbol, or 

 the Valley of Sheaves, which is twenty- 

 five leagues distant from Derre. Abu- 

 Sumbol, commonly called by Europeans 

 Ebsambul, is, for the curiosity of the 

 traveller, what Mecca and Medina 

 are for the pious. Some of the numer- 

 ous English travellers sail from Cairo 

 straight to Nubia, spend a few hours at 

 Ebsambul to see its grand temple, and 

 then return to Damiette, without hav- 

 ing seen any thing else of Nubia or 

 Egypt. Thence they go to Jerusalem 

 to witness the first Easter day, and 

 thence harry to Athens ; which, alter a 

 few hours, they agnin quit, in order to 

 dine with the Lord High Commissioner 

 at Corfu; and this they call, "A Tour 

 in the Levant." 



(To be continued.) 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



PROJECTED IMPROVIiMIiNT of SMITH- 

 FIELD MARKET. 



TT ITTLE, I should suppose, need be 

 M^ said to prove the improjiriety of 

 the present practice of driving live cat- 

 tle to market in a city like London: the 

 unnecessary cruelty to which the ani- 

 mals are subjected, the injury so fre- 

 quently occasioned by infuriated beasts, 

 and the nuisance of siauglitor-houscs in 

 confined situations, arc quite sufficient 

 reasons for some alteration ; and, I am 

 persuaded, the only reason why an alte- 

 ration is not made, is the injury that 

 would be sustained by individuals whose 

 property is dependent upon the market. 

 The plan I have to propose will not 

 entirely meet the objection, though I 

 think it will occasion injury to none but 

 the proprietors of slaughter-houses ; and 

 remuneration may be easily provided 

 for them if necessary. 



I propose, then, that no cattle be 

 Riaughtcrcd within four miles of the Post 

 OlBoc, 'J'hat a Ivgc building be erected 



of Smithfield Market. 4 1 3 



in the middle of Smithfieid, with two 

 floors ; the one a little below the level of 

 the street, so that the upper floor may 

 be convenient to load carts from. This 

 building would be sufficiently large to 

 aflbrd every convenience for the supply 

 of meat, while the surrounding space 

 would be sufficient for the number of 

 carts and waggons that must attend ; 

 and, by arranging two sides for receiving 

 from the country carts, and two sides 

 for delivery, confusion might be avoided, 

 and every facility afforded for the dis- 

 patch of business. The superiority of 

 the situation, when compared with 

 Newgate or Leadenhall markets, cannot 

 be questioned. 



I would propose two market-days in 

 the week for meat, one for vegetables, 

 and one a pilch-market for corn and 

 flour ; such a market as the last-named 

 appears to me highly desirable, and that 

 it would be attended with great advan- 

 tages to all the producers within thirty 

 miles of London : the intermediate 

 dealers, at present, enhance the price to 

 the consumers in and about London 

 fifteen or twenty per cent. ; and this 

 might, (by the estaltlishment of a pitch- 

 market in London,) and ought, I think, 

 to be divided between the grower and 

 consumer. I consider, therefore, that 

 this market would be very popular 

 with both, and consequently well 

 attended. 



One day, I suppose, must still be 

 allotled to the sale of cows and horses : 

 this is a partial evil, for which I sec no 

 remedy. 



Every day in the week would thus 

 be occupied; but, as the meat and vege- 

 table markets would be over by ten 

 o'clock in the day, the hay and straw 

 market might commence at that hour. 



I would further propose, that, instead 

 of Bartholomew Eair as it is at present 

 conducted, a fair for the sale of onions 

 be established ; and, atdifiierent suitable 

 periods, annual fairs for cheese, catchup, 

 seeds, &c. 



A very small toll would be sufficient 

 for defraying the expenses of the build- 

 ing, and employment might be found 

 for all those whose living is now depen- 

 dent on the market; while the public- 

 houses and tradesmen in the neighbour- 

 hood would be rather benefited than 

 injured by the proposed alteration. 



I cannot think tiie difficulty, in carry- 

 ing the plan into execution, would be 

 great ; while the general good, I think, 

 cannot !)C doubted. The only question 

 that remains is, how is it to be brought 

 about? 



