East London . ild ducks vanished, and as no traditionof any kind can be traced among the Saxons concerning theRoman occupation they never heard of these ducks. For myown part, I have no suggestion to offer, except a vague sus-picion that, as Pepys thought, there was a tradition of badluck attaching in some form to the place, which was named-accordingly. If a man on the downward path is said to begoing to the dogs, a place considered as unlucky might verywell have been called the Isle of Dogs. Now a level marshwithout any inhabitants and adorned by gibbets and danglingdead bodies would certainl
East London . ild ducks vanished, and as no traditionof any kind can be traced among the Saxons concerning theRoman occupation they never heard of these ducks. For myown part, I have no suggestion to offer, except a vague sus-picion that, as Pepys thought, there was a tradition of badluck attaching in some form to the place, which was named-accordingly. If a man on the downward path is said to begoing to the dogs, a place considered as unlucky might verywell have been called the Isle of Dogs. Now a level marshwithout any inhabitants and adorned by gibbets and danglingdead bodies would certainly not be considered a lucky must not expect anything in the place of the least THE POOL AND THE RIVERSIDE 93 antiquity. Yet a walk round the Isle of Dogs is full of in-terest. To begin with, the streets are wide and clean; thehouses are all small, built for working-men; there are nohouses of the better sort at all; the children swarm, and arehealthy, well fed, and rosy; the shops are chiefly those of. The Thames Side at Limehouse. provisions and cheap clothing. All round the shore thereruns an unbroken succession of factories. These factoriessupport the thousands of working-men who form the popu-lation of the Isle of Dogs. All kinds of things are made,stored, received, and distributed in the factories of this in-dustrial island; many of them are things which require to becarried on outside a crowded town, such as oil storage, oil,paint, color, and varnish, works; disinfectant fluid works,boiler-makers, lubricating-oil works; there are foundries ot 94 EAST LONDON brass and iron, lead-smelting works, copper-depositing works,antimony and gold-ore works. All kinds of things wantedfor ships are made here—cisterns and tanks, casks, steering-gear, tarpaulin, wire rope, sails, oars, blocks, and masts; thereare yards for building ships, barges, and boats. Of public buildings there are few: two churches and oneor two chapels. There are Board-schools and church schools;there a
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