70 THE SILVERY HOSTS OF THE NORTH SEA. 



at sea, spring from the centre of the building. It is 

 said to be the largest Parish Church in the country, 

 its porch being larger than the Church of St. Lawrence 

 in the Isle of Wight. An organ was erected in it in 

 1545, but the one now in use was built in 1733, since 

 which time it has been several times enlarged, its 

 pipes now numbering over 3,000. 



The town wall at the north rested upon the river 

 Bure, from which it proceeded east for a short 

 distance, thence south, and again east, so as to 

 enclose the Parish Church and yard, from which it 

 proceeded south, taking a curve almost parallel with 

 the river for a distance of somewhat over 4,500 feet ; 

 it then turned to tlie west, and rested upon the river 

 Yare. The town was thus protected on the west by 

 the river, and upon its other three sides by the wall. 



The old town is built in blocks with exceedingly 

 narrow streets, called " rows," which are numbered 

 i to 145. The rows in some instances are less than 

 three feet wide, but generally they measure from four 

 to six feet. 



On account of these narrow streets, which are 

 mostly paved with cobble stones, the old town has 

 been likened to a gridiron, the rows representing 

 the bars of the grid. In these rows are yet to be 

 found interesting relics of some of the houses of the 

 wealthy inhabitants of the olden time, the upper 

 storeys of which, occasionally projecting over the 

 lower walls, shut out considerable of the little sky 

 left by the narrow way. The houses of the well-to- 

 do of former days, situate in the rows, are now turned 



