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manager of the gas works, told us that when he 

 moved into the borough about thirty-five or forty 

 years ago, there were only fifteen thousand ; now 

 there are two hundred thousand people. 



Then there are a little farther west Forest Gate 

 (Epping Forest) and Leytonstone, which have grown 

 up all within the past few years, and are still growing 

 as rapidly as towns and cities in America. Having 

 lectured in several of these parts of London, I had a 

 good opportunity to study the growth of that great 

 city. 



Crooked though the streets may be, we must have 

 a ramble through them. Come on, then ; don't waste 

 the time in making yourself look over nice. You can 

 pass all through London streets in the plainest clothes. 

 There are too many people, and they are all too busy, 

 to look very closely at you and me, so we can go 

 along right in the midst of innumerable thousands 

 with almost as little attention paid to us as if we 

 were in a forest. 



As we shall have to do a good deal of walking any- 

 way, we had better take the underground railway to 

 Bishopsgate. Being very plain people and not over- 

 burdened with means, a third-class ticket will do us 

 very well. 



We can walk down Houndsditch, which, by way of 



