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are more Scotclimen in London than in Edinburgh, and more Irishmen than in 

 Dublin. This is a mistake, though the Scotch and Irish who have settled in 

 London, together with their descendants, are sufficiently numerous to form two 

 very respectable towns. The number of Jews is more considerable than in any 

 other town of England. Gipsies have permanently established themselves in the 

 neighbourhood of Dulwich ; whilst in the east, near the Docks, we meet with 

 representatives of nearly every nationality on the face of the globe, includin"- 

 Hindus, Malays, Chinese, and Polynesians. Nowhere else in Europe are we pre- 

 sented with equal facilities for ethnological study. The foreign European popu- 

 lation of London is proportionately not as numerous now as it was in the sixteenth 

 century.* Most of these foreigners come to London in search of business ; and 



Fig. 92. — Increase by Immigration', a\d Excess of Births of the Large Cities of Euiiope. 



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whilst the English residents at Paris have gone there to spend, the Frenchmen 

 whom we meet in London are intent upon making money. Hence the striking 

 contrasts between the two colonies, which are not those of race only. 



In order to gain some idea of the immense multitudes of London it is by no 

 means necessary' that we should be present on one of those occasions when a public 

 procession through the streets attracts its multitudes, or take part in the festivities 

 inseparably connected with public holidays. It is quite sufficient to visit some of 

 the leading thoroughfares of the City, such as Cheapside, Ludgate Hill, Cannon 

 Street, or Lombard Street, during business hours. Carriages, omnibuses, and 

 vehicles of every description appear at first sight to be mixed up in inextricable 



* In 1580 there were 6,ô02 foreigners amongst a total population of at most 150,000 souls, or 4-3 

 per cent. ; in 1871 there were 66,101 foreigaers, equal to 2-0 per cent, of the total population. 



