. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ten, where she hung till she wasdead. I am ashamed to say I did notattempt to save the kittens life, althoughI caused her foul murder to be revengedby the cat. After the body had hung acertain time, they took it down, andburied it in the shot-locker: this was anindiliable oflence, as the smell would haveproved—so I lodged the information : tiiei)ody was found, and, as tlie facts wereclear, the law took its course, to the greatamusement of the bystanders, who sawthe brats tied upon a gun and well boatswain ate the kitten ; fi
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ten, where she hung till she wasdead. I am ashamed to say I did notattempt to save the kittens life, althoughI caused her foul murder to be revengedby the cat. After the body had hung acertain time, they took it down, andburied it in the shot-locker: this was anindiliable oflence, as the smell would haveproved—so I lodged the information : tiiei)ody was found, and, as tlie facts wereclear, the law took its course, to the greatamusement of the bystanders, who sawthe brats tied upon a gun and well boatswain ate the kitten ; first, hesaid, because he had lamed to eat catsin Spain; secondly, because she had notdied a natural deatli (I tliought other-wise) ; and his last reason was more sin-gular than eidier of the others : he hadseen a picture in a church in Spain, ofPeters vision of the animals let down inthe sheet, and there was a cat amongthem: observing an alarm of scepticismin my eye, he thought proper to confirmhis assertion with an oath. PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIELD. 185. THE WILL: A TALE OF LONDON BRIDGE. Few of our readers will require to beinformed, that in the reign of our firstJames London Bridge supported manygates and towers of considerable strength,and that its shops and houses were te-nanted by some of the wealthiest will also be remembered that manymills were turned by the rapid currentwhich passed beneath its arches. Thedwellings on either side hung in a terrificmanner over the river, which, togetherwith the tremendous roaring of the waterbeneath, rendered them only habitable tothose v\ho were accustomed to such a re-sidence. Notwithstanding its narrow-ness, the bridge street was always a sceneof bustle and activity, and the resort of allclasses, from the gallant ruffling in silkand velvet, to the sturdy porter and nim-ble prentice. Here, too, the dame ofquality and the rich citizens wife came tomake their purchases, for (he shops inthe bridge street were then held in grea
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