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which is at the disposal of the Lord Mayor for the 

 year he holds the office, whoever he may be. We will, 

 I think, walk along Cheapside, which, of course, is the 

 dearest place in aH'"Lun'un"; and out of Cheapside 

 into St. Paul's Churchyard, as we want to see the 

 greatest Protestant cathedral in the world. We can- 

 not stop long, as we are on an exploring expedition 

 rather than sight-seeing. We turn back into Newgate 

 Stree^, and, if you like, turn into Paternoster Row, and, 

 afterwards, also the Square, and take a look at New- 

 gate Prison. We had better take a 'bus now, as we 

 have a long road before us; though, if we had walked, 

 we might have called in for a little while and heard 

 Dr. Joseph Parker, as we are going over Holborn 

 Viaduct. Here you will see one of the finest pieces 

 of mason roadway in the world, worthy of being 

 opened for public traffic by the Queen of England, as 

 it was. 



Here you will see a busy street right abo^e another 

 just as busy below. Like two great rivers crossing 

 each other, here are two living streams of men, cross- 

 ing, recrossing, above, below, thousands, hundreds of 

 thousands, each on his own errand bent for food, for 

 pleasure, for learning, for errands of sin, for errands 

 of mercy, for hell, for heaven. Oh! what a hurrying 

 on and on on to eternity all. 



