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Excerpt from Two Months Abroad, or a Trip to England, France, Baden, Prussia, and Belgium: In August and September, 1843
Thousands and tens of thousands repair to Gravesend every fine day to enjoy the sail, escape the smoky atmosphere of London, to breathe the air of the country, and catch a glimpse of the ocean. We land and roam through open fields, and through a garden, or rather grotto, occupying the site of an ancient chalk quarry of many acres, filled with ¿ow ers, shrubbery, cells, ponds, lawns, birds of foreign plumage, archer's grounds, pavements of many colored pebbles repair to an inn to dine on a leg of lamb of the finest ¿avor, and return by steamer to London.' On our return, a sudden shower bursts upon us -the ladies ¿y to the small cabins the gentlemen shrink behind the wheel-houses and protect them selves by mats, boards, great coats, and um brellas, under one of' which I receive three or four unfortunate individuals, one of whom surprises me by some statements as to the rate of wages in London, which afterwards are fully corroborated. From him I find that Printers receive, per week, 35 shillings, or $58 40; Omnibus drivers, 35 shillings, or $8 40, Carpenters, 30 shillings, or $7 20; Ma sons, 36 shillings, or $8 64.
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