Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . RAISING THE BASCULES OE THE TOWER BRIDGE. LONDON r^i:i.()w ,] 255. THE POOL. boat is just what we do want, and wereply to that effect, whereupon our friendcomes shambhng down the gangway,and, swiftly unhitching the painter of oneof the skiffs, gruffl)- in\ites us to gitaboard. The first of the ebb tide is creepingdown sluggishly as we push out into thestream and paddle slowly through thenorthern arch of London B/idge Above usa great stream of traffic rumbles over thehistoric highway, whil
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . RAISING THE BASCULES OE THE TOWER BRIDGE. LONDON r^i:i.()w ,] 255. THE POOL. boat is just what we do want, and wereply to that effect, whereupon our friendcomes shambhng down the gangway,and, swiftly unhitching the painter of oneof the skiffs, gruffl)- in\ites us to gitaboard. The first of the ebb tide is creepingdown sluggishly as we push out into thestream and paddle slowly through thenorthern arch of London B/idge Above usa great stream of traffic rumbles over thehistoric highway, while before us, framed bythe arch, lies the Upper Pool, closed in atits farther end by the lofty Tower Bridge—Londons great Watergate. Close on our left as we pass through thebridge is Fresh Wharf, that famous rendez-vous of the London trippers, and the pierbarges are even now gay with their some-what bizarre costumes, for a couple ofsteamers lie alongside bound respectively forRamsgate and \\alton-on-the-Naze. As wewatch, the warning bell from the outerboat begins to ring furiously, occasioning ageneral stampede on the pier. Flannel-trousered youths in nautical peake
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