. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. lder-men, and many worshipfulpersons rode to the conduitleads . . according tothe old custom, and thenthey went and hunted a hare before dinner andkilletl her; and thence went to dinner at the ban-queting-house at the head of the conduit, wherea great number were handsomely entertained chamberlain. After dinner they went to huntthe fox. There was a great cry for a mile, andat length the hounds killed him at the end ofSt. (iiles, with great hollowing and blowing ofhorns at his death. In reality, however, we do
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. lder-men, and many worshipfulpersons rode to the conduitleads . . according tothe old custom, and thenthey went and hunted a hare before dinner andkilletl her; and thence went to dinner at the ban-queting-house at the head of the conduit, wherea great number were handsomely entertained chamberlain. After dinner they went to huntthe fox. There was a great cry for a mile, andat length the hounds killed him at the end ofSt. (iiles, with great hollowing and blowing ofhorns at his death. In reality, however, we donot know much about the matter, and had betterlet it alone ; while for those who like associationsof the kind, it will be enough to point out thatMonmouths house stood where there is now ahospital for women, and that the narrow alleycalled Batemans Buildings is on part of the is still an old-world air about the place. Ifyou dive down into the streets and lanes, you seeeverywhere evidences of the greatness of formeroccupants. If a street-door is open, there is a. siioi-iuLL. (.Iftt-r Ho[;arth.) SOHO IN THE OLD DAYS. 175
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