PARIS GARDEN. 81 
‘“* and did it used to have a Bear-pit, like this 
which we are now seeing ?” 
‘‘ Paris Garden, my dear George, is the 
name of an ancient district, upon the south 
bank of the Thames, or in what we call 
Southwark, nearly opposite the Church of 
St. Paul, or rather Baynard Castle; and close 
to the eastward of the foot of the present 
Blackfriar’s Bridge. Or, to describe the 
situation otherwise, it stood upon Bankside, 
and in that part of it which was called 
West.” 
“The banks of the Thames, that are oppo- 
site St. Paul’s, called West ?” cried George. 
9? 
“‘ Certainly, my dear ;” and when the river 
Fleet, meandering from the foot of Hamp- 
stead Heath, washed the banks upon the top 
of which rose the westward wall of London, 
every thing, too, upon that other side of the 
water, sla lay to the west of the little 
silver stream, was called west of London.” 
‘Oh! I understand ; those were very an- 
cient times indeed! And so, there was 2 
Bear-pit in Paris Garden ?” 
‘* Not exactly a Bear-pit ; for, in that par- 
