. Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 . Natural history. LONDON AND SUBURBS. 89 the great fire in 1666. As regards the fire which happened to-day, it was remarkable that notwithstanding its size, there were nevertheless very many in London, both of my acquaintance and others, who never once knew about any fire till late in the evening after it was all extinguished, or they first got to know about it the following day from the newspapers, Avisor, which come out daily in London; which was partly occasioned by the enormous size of London, and partly by the thick
. Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 . Natural history. LONDON AND SUBURBS. 89 the great fire in 1666. As regards the fire which happened to-day, it was remarkable that notwithstanding its size, there were nevertheless very many in London, both of my acquaintance and others, who never once knew about any fire till late in the evening after it was all extinguished, or they first got to know about it the following day from the newspapers, Avisor, which come out daily in London; which was partly occasioned by the enormous size of London, and partly by the thick and voluminous smoke, which, especially at this time of year, floats over the town. On our way we did not see any smoke from this fire, nor did we know to look out for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779. London ; New York : Macmillan
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