THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. 



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brick-layers, carpenters, plasterers and slaters resorted for the purpose of entering into 

 engagements which were occasionally cemented in the neighbouring bars. It is said tint 

 long after the work of demolition had commenced, and the sheltering verandah had been 



carted away piecemeal, habitual frc<|u-ntcrs 

 of the place would still wend their way 

 thither on the last morning of the we. k, 

 look with a puzzled air at the labourers 

 who were tearing down the walls of the old 

 familiar hostelry and wander away with a 

 forlorn expression on their countenances, as 

 if they had lost an aged companion and wen- 

 only partially conscious of the deprivation. 



BOURKE STREET, LOOKING EAST. 



Crossing Elizabeth Street into Collins Street West, which commences at this point, 

 and proceeding towards Spencer Street, the visitor finds himself approaching the centre 

 of the mercantile life of Melbourne, of which the Exchange may be said to focalize some 



