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tion we were much aided by the pecuHar con- 

 struction of the town. Every house stood alone, 

 and had a street on every one of its four sides, a 

 plan which takes a little room, but is handy in the 

 long-run. We could see no back -yards, no gar- 

 dens, as we rode round each grey block : the latter, 

 we afterwards discovered, are kept outside the 

 town ; the former, and their ashpits, we can only 

 suppose to occupy some dark and dreadful recess 

 in the heart of the houses themselves. 



The landlord of the " Angel " looked at us and 

 the Tommies with a horsey and indulgent smile, 

 as we passed him for the second time. His wife 

 was remarkably like one of Miss O'Flannigan's 

 aunts. Moved by these considerations, we yielded 

 ourselves to the ostler and staggered into shelter. 



