Foot-prints of travel; or, Journeyings in many lands . i«. yOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS. 323 than Hyde Park. Besides these noble, health-dispensingparks, — these breathing-places for a dense population, —the metropolis is dotted here and there with large squares,varying in extent from four to six acres each. The mostnotable of these are Belgrave Square, Trafalgar Square,Grosvenor Square, Portman Square, Eaton Square, andRussell Square. Twelve bridges other than railroad bridges cross the riverThames within the city boundary. The largest manufactur-ing interest in London is that of the breweries,
Foot-prints of travel; or, Journeyings in many lands . i«. yOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS. 323 than Hyde Park. Besides these noble, health-dispensingparks, — these breathing-places for a dense population, —the metropolis is dotted here and there with large squares,varying in extent from four to six acres each. The mostnotable of these are Belgrave Square, Trafalgar Square,Grosvenor Square, Portman Square, Eaton Square, andRussell Square. Twelve bridges other than railroad bridges cross the riverThames within the city boundary. The largest manufactur-ing interest in London is that of the breweries, whereineleven million bushels of malt are annually consumed. Buckingham Palace, the town residence of Queen Vic-toria, occupies a location facing St. Jamess Park, and is aspacious building, but of no architectural pretention. Thefamous tower of London, according to tradition, was origi-nally built by Julius C?esar, and is situated on the eastside of the city, on the left bank of the Thames. It isno longer used as a prison, but is a national armory an
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