010 WONDERS OF ART. 
produces a sound lo those on the opposite seat like viol^ 
claps of thunder. The effect is not so perfect if 
sits down half way between the door and the matted ^ 
and still less so if he stands near the man who speaks, 
on the other side of the door. 
The marble pavement of the church is extremely bca ^ 
” The paintings on 
tiful, seen from this gallery, 
side of the dome, by Sir James i iioninm, are vie 
most advantage here. The ascent to the Ball is attcn 
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with some difficulty, and is encountered by few, yet 
the Ball and passage to it well deserve the labour. 
diameter of the interior of the Ball is six feet two mC 
and twelve persons may sit within it. t n 
The prospect from every part of the ascent to the 
St. Paul’s, wherever an opening presents itself, is 
curious. The effect is most complete from the S‘'" ji, 
surrounding lire foot of the lantern. The metropolis, 3 
that spot, has a mimic appearance, like the objects 
fantoccino. The streets, the pavements, the carriages, 
foot-passengers, have all the appearance of fairy groui>e^ 
fair)' objects. The spectator, contemplating the bustle 
diminutive throng below, is moved a little out ot the^^l^^.^.ye 
of his usual sympathy with them ; and, as if the)^ 
emmets, asks himself involuntarily “ about what are 
little, inconsequential animals engaged ?” _ ii 
The form of the metropolis, and the adjacent 
me iurm oi me <fiju uiv; 
most perfectly seen from the gallery at the foot of the W 
on a bright summer day. The ascent to this 
534 steps, of which 260 , nearest the bottom, are exin 
easy ; those above difficult, and in some parts 
unpleasant. 'In the ascent to this gallery may be sec ^^ 53 ! 
brick cone that supports the lantern, with its ball and 
the outer dome being turned on the outside of the 
the inner dome turned on the inside. 'I he entire ccU 
to produce the effect within the church, and on the 
intended by the architect, is e.xtrcmely tine, even ''"‘'',,^,■4 o<'^ 
Prom the pavement of the church, tlie interior 
uninterrupted dome to tlic upper extremity ; but ‘^5.,via'r 
in fact, of two parts, the lower and principal domd _ “ 
large circular aperture at its top, through which 
Knail dome, that appears part of the great and lo"’c 
