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be) to propose and seriously recommend a substantial 

 breakfast, qualified "... and so on. A substan- 

 tial breakfast is clearly the foundation for a good solid 

 lunch ; and, accordingly, in the very next chapter (p. 

 22), where the historical reminiscences of the river Lea 

 are due, he returns to the charge. " Well," he cries, 

 " could I here expatiate upon the venerable remnants 

 of former ages which the various buildings belong- 

 ing to the old Eye House present to the observer ; 

 but"- the only remnant he can call to mind is 

 "the huge banqueting-room wherein," etc. etc. etc., 

 and the " signboards which direct the piscatorian (?) 

 to public-houses in the neighbourhood (0 blessed 

 sight!)" 



Three meals in twelve pages insatiable Bag- 

 nail ! Not even yet, however, are his cravings ap- 

 peased. On passing through Enfield he " must stop 

 at the well-known establishment kept .by host Jarvis, 

 and proceeds at once to recruit his constitution with 

 the liquids and viands which he can pronounce al- 

 ways A 1." Thence, " invigorated by the pleasing pro- 

 cess," we come to Edmonton, and the famous old 

 "Bell," of John Gilpin renown, the signboard of 

 which still represents him in the act of starting on 

 his involuntary ride 



" Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, 

 Away went hat and wig !" 



But all this is, of course, comparatively nothing 

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