August 21, 1840 ~ Friday

21^st This was the most interesting day of my life
as far as viewing the splended works of man
was concerned. I started in coompany with Elders
Kimble, & G. A. Smith, for a walk over the city of
London we crossed over London Bridge, through
King Williams st & passed through several other
streets visited the cup & garden, passed through
St Martin street & court, & Leicester squair &
Sidney Alley, Coventry st, Picadilly, Glasshouse St
& we passed through most the whol length of
Regent street one of the most splended streets in the
world, we passed through Langham place, All Souls
church with a spire naked from its base to the point
we also passed through Oxford St. We returned
by the way of St Pauls Church a description of which
I shall give another day.

To end the sceneries of
this days walk, we visited the Noted monument
erected in commemoration of the DREADFUL FIRE
OF LONDON in the year 1666 built under the inspec
tion of that great Architect SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
we entered a door at its base (paid /6 on entering) & assended
345 black marble steps which brought us 200 feet
into the air, about 100 feet higher than the highest
dwellings we steped on the outside of the piller surround
ed by an Iron railing which at once presented to our
view an indescribable scenery upon evry hand.
Here we were standing about 200 feet in the air
upon the highest & finest modern column in the
world & with the glance of the naked eye we could
overlook & survey the largest most noted, populous
& splended city upon the face of the whole earth
even a city containing a million & a half of human
beings, & such a splendid prospect & grand scenery I
never before beheld, we were situated so as to overlo-
ok nearly evry part of the city east of us lay the splended
tower of London & the Mint, North the Mansion
of Lord Mayor of London. North West St Pauls Churc[h]
West, Westminster Abby & the house of Parliment, south
lies the River Thames with five large arched Bridges
acrossed it in full view, & another which is not seen from
the pillar making six, five of which are hewn stone
& one is all of solid cast Iron, viz Southwark Bridge
while London, Blackfriars Waterloo, westminster &
Vauxhall Bridges are all stone. South of the River
lies London Borough & in addition to this were
hundreds of churches, chapels, & spires standing

August 21, 1840 ~ Friday

21st This was the most interesting day of my life as far as viewing the splended works of man was concerned. I started in company with Elders Kimble, & G. A. Smith. for a walk over the City of London we crossed over London Bridge, through King Williams St & passed through several other streets visited the cup & garden, passed through St Martin street & court, & Leicester squair & Sidney Alley, Coventry St, Picadilly, Glasshouse St & we passed through most the whol length of Regent street one of the most splended streets in the world, we passed through Langham Place, All Souls church with a spire naked from its base to the point we also passed through Oxford St. We returned by the way of St Pauls Church a description of which I shall give another day.

To end the sceneries of this days walk, we visited the Noted monument erected in commemoration of the DREADFUL FIRE OF LONDON in the year 1666 built under the inspec tion of that great Architect SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN we entered a door at its base (paid /6 on entering) & assended 345 black marble steps which brought us 200 feet into the air, about 100 feet higher than the highest dwellings we steped on the outside of the piller surround ed by an Iron railing which at once presented to our view an indescribable scenery upon evry hand. Here we were standing about 200 feet in the air upon the highest & finest modern column in the world & with the glance of the naked eye we could overlook & survey the largest most noted, populous & splended city upon the face of the whole earth even a city containing a million & a half of human beings, & such a splendid prospect & grand scenery I never before beheld we were situated so as to overlo ok nearly evry part of the city east of us lay the splended tower of London & the Mint, North the Mansion of Lord Mayor of London. North West St Pauls Church West, Westminster Abby & the house of Parliment, South lies the River Thames with five large arched Bridges acrossed it in full view, & another which is not seen from the pillar making six, five of which are hewn stone & one is all of Solid Cast Iron, viz Southwark Bridge while London, Blackfriars Waterloo, westminster & Vauxhall Bridges are all stone. South of the River lies London Borough & in addition to this were hundreds of Churches, chapels, & Spires standing