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WONDERS OF ART. 
Chapel ; and it is with regret that the antiquary see* 
stalls of the knights reared against the pillars and arches ^ 
the nave, forming screens that separate die smaller aisl*^ 
from the body of the chapel, and diminish the airiness, <•” 
intemipt the harmony of the plan. 
Ihe prospect from the top of one of tlie westwn toW^’ 
the ascent toiwhich consists of 283 steps, is infinitely 
heantifnl, tlKnigh less extensive, tlian that from St. 
Ihe many tine situations and open sites at the westen^® 
the town, and its environs, occasion the difference. 
Banqueting House at Whitehall, St. James’s Park, 
the Parade and Horse Guards, Carlton House, the 
dens of the Queen’s Palace, tire Green Park, the west®^ 
end of Piccadilly, and Plyde Park, with its river, Ij® j, 
once under the eye, and compose a most grand and del'S*’^ 
till scene. The bridges of Westminster, Waterloo, ^ 
Blackfriarsj with the broad expanse of water between 
the Adelphl and Somerset House on its banks, St. 
stupendous pile, and the light Gothic steeple of St. P® j 
Stan’s in the E.ast, are alike embraced with one glance, 
happily contrast with the former prospect. P’rom "Jij 
lower the exterior form of St. Paul’s, when the sun 
upon it, is distinctly seen -. and here its exquisite be^’ ' 
will be more fully comprehended than in any part ot 
city, for a sufficient area to t.nke in the entire outline i* 
there to be found. 
THE TOWER OF LONDON. 
The Towfer of London was anciently a palace inhabit®‘^j,jj, 
various sovereigns of England, till the reign of Quce‘’ 
zabeth. Its extent within the wall is twelve acres 
roods. The exterior circuit of the ditch, which 
surrounds it, is 3 ISO feet. The ditch, on the side ot j( 
er-hill, is broad and deep ; on the side next to the 
is narrower. A broad Mid handsome wharf, or gt®,'® ^\^e 
race, runs along the banks of the river, parallel ‘ 
Tower, from which it is divided by the ditch. i 
Within the walls of the Tower arc several streets, ‘ 
variety of buildings. 'The principal buildings tt'® j;e' 
Church, the White Tower, the Ordnance Office, 
cord Office, tlie Jewel Office, the Horse Arniot)' 
