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name would smell as sweet." Does the same rule 

 apply to fish ? 



Take care you don't tread on some of these fish- 

 wives' toes, or you will hear some of the plainest talk 

 you ever listened to in your life. Fish ? Oh, dear ! 

 Fish ? Baskets of them, barrels of them, cart-loads, 

 tons, ship-loads of them dried, salted, smoked ! Most 

 of them fresh; but some of them ugh! not so fresh. 

 Sturgeon, halibut, cod, flounders, shad, sole, salmon, 

 ling, mackerel, pike, trout, herring all sorts, all sizes, 

 all shapes, from the ugly jellyfish to the pretty sar- 

 dine. The quantity of fish brought into London each 

 year is about 135,000 tons ! 



Come, come ; we must not stay here. We will walk 

 as far as Fishmongers' Hall, where we shall see in- 

 scribed, in stone in large letters outside, that all may 

 read, " ALL WORSHIP BE TO GOD ONLY." How refresh- 

 ing it is to think of the piety of the founders of the 

 twelve great corporations or companies of London. 

 The Fishmongers' Company dates as far back as 1363. 

 With one or two exceptions only, they all adopted 

 some useful or scriptural motto, such as I have quoted 

 above. Standing directly in front of Fishmongers' 

 Hall, we are at the City end of the great London Bridge. 



We will not cross the bridge now, but go down the 

 steps near by to old Swan Pier, and buy tickets for a 



