Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - one of itskind in Londnn. On cither side of the lanearc the ofliccs of merchants and importers,and if you go into their showrooms, up-stairs or down, towards eleven oclock youfind them ali\e with prospective buyerssampling consignments of apples, pears,onions, tomatoes, lemons, pineapples, grapes,and bananas, that are bursting invitingly outof opened cases, ham[)ers, barrels, and up and down tlic rooms. Saleannouncements pinned to the doorposts tellyou that these consign-ments are f
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - one of itskind in Londnn. On cither side of the lanearc the ofliccs of merchants and importers,and if you go into their showrooms, up-stairs or down, towards eleven oclock youfind them ali\e with prospective buyerssampling consignments of apples, pears,onions, tomatoes, lemons, pineapples, grapes,and bananas, that are bursting invitingly outof opened cases, ham[)ers, barrels, and up and down tlic rooms. Saleannouncements pinned to the doorposts tellyou that these consign-ments are from Spain,Portugal, Ital)-, Russia, theAmericas, and the Indies ;also you learn from some. UNLOADING EGGS (. DOCKS of burdened vehicles flock into theBorough Market, as they flock ingreater numbers to Covent Garden ; thereare country carts, driven by sun - burnt,sleepy countrymen, toiling in with masses ofcabbages, carrots, and turnips from the marketgardens of Kent and Surrey ; you may seerailway and carriers vans bringing sacks andhampers and cases of fruit and vegetablesfrom docks and railway stations; and anhour or two later the carts of retailers willcome jogging in, and the market will bea roar of bujing and selling. .At Spitalfields or Stratford or ColumbiaMarket you may see pretty much the samething over again; but Portman Market isa happy hunting-ground for retail stall-holders, and, like Farringdon and LeadenhallMarkets, deals in fish, meat, poultr}, andgame as well as in vegetables and fruit. of them that tinned fruits have arrived inabundance from the British colonies andforeign parts. The sale commencing ateleven, you procure a long printed cataloguea
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