The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . alk fromLondon to Kew^ : On entering Chelsea I wasnaturally led to enquire for the scite of the oncegay Ranelagh ! 1 passed up the avenue of treeswhich I remember often to have seen blocked upwith carriages. At its extremity I looked for theRotunda and its surrounding buildings, but as Icould not see them I concluded that I had acquiredbut an imperfect idea of the place in my nocturnalvisits! I went forward, on an open space, but stillcould discover no Ranelagh ! At length, on a spotcovered with nettles,
The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . alk fromLondon to Kew^ : On entering Chelsea I wasnaturally led to enquire for the scite of the oncegay Ranelagh ! 1 passed up the avenue of treeswhich I remember often to have seen blocked upwith carriages. At its extremity I looked for theRotunda and its surrounding buildings, but as Icould not see them I concluded that I had acquiredbut an imperfect idea of the place in my nocturnalvisits! I went forward, on an open space, but stillcould discover no Ranelagh ! At length, on a spotcovered with nettles, thistles, and other rank weeds,I met a working man who in answer to my inquiriestold me that he saw I was a stranger or I shouldhave known that Ranelagh had been pulled down,and that I was then standing on the scite of theRotunda! Reader, imagine my feelings, for I cannot an-alyze them ! This vile place, I exclaimed, the sciteof the once enchanting Ranelagh! It cannot be ;the same eyes were never destined to see such ametamorphosis! All was desolation ! A few in- ^ Written about
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