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right in front of the Palace Gardens, and then 

 Lambeth Palace. 



After which we pass Lambeth Bridge, Vauxhall 

 Bridge, Military Stores, the Nine Elms, Victoria and 

 Chelsea Bridges. 



This will surely do for our voyage on the Thames 

 for the present. We have made a beginning. 



This ground must be gone over, and over, if we 

 would know London, for we have just looked at the 

 outside of buildings which will detain us, when we 

 enter, hours and days. 



Now that we have had another good night's rest, 

 we will take a very hurried run into only a few of the 

 parks. As we are tired of the dust and the din we 

 will turn right back from this busy street into the 

 pleasant grove. All things are gone from view but 

 the green grass and the lovely trees, when, presto ! 

 we are touched by the magician's wand and whirled 

 through space to a Canadian wood on the banks of 

 the Niagara, and we can hear again so plainly the 

 " rushing and the roaring " of the world's greatest 

 cataract. No, my dear boy, though it thus strikes 

 the ear, it is not a Niagara of waters, but a Niagara 

 of human activities. 



This incessant roar comes from the rolling of wheels 

 and the clattering of horses' and human feet upon the 



