England's greatness by this magnificient view of London as
it is in the present day

We were situated so as to overlook nearly every
part of the city. East of us lay the ancient Tower of London; the
place of so many great historical episodes of English history, the
scene of many of the capital tragedies of England and the terrible
Bastile of England the frowning political sepulcure of the
nation where the absolute monarchs and great ruling chiefs
of the land have buried their victims their secrets and their
crimes.

East of us also lay the Mint; North the Mansion
House of the Lord Mayor of London; North West St Paul's church
West- Westminster Abbey and the House of Parliament; South
lies the River Thames with five of the large bridges across
in full view and one not seen from the mMonument making
six: One of the collossal arched Bridges of the Thames is
of solid cast iron called Southwark Bridge. This also is the
celebrated "Suspension Bridge" which at this time was one
of the great wonders of the age. The other collossal and
magnificent bridges of the royal Thames (England's chief river)
are London Bridge Blackfriars Waterloo Westminster and
Vauschall all of which are built of massive stone. These
six bridges are fine sights in themselves. They are the
architectural monuments of the Thames; and our view of them
from our high pinnacle with their crowds of moving and
everchanging human masses, and to so describe it mobs of
cabs, omnibuses, carriages, drays, &c., which dash along and seen
as though they were going to lock together and dash each
other to pieces presented to us a picturesque sight. worthy
of note.

In addition to all this within our view
was London Borough, on the South of the River, and all
around us hundreds of churches, chaples and spires,
standing in the midst of one universal mass of buildings,
covering about six square miles of ground

While viewing this prospect on a clear
day, we conversed with a Prussian Traveller, a citizen of Berlin,
who had travelled much over Europe and Asia and other parts

England's greatness by this magnificient view of London as it is in the present day

We were situated so as to overlook nearly every part of the city. East of us lay the ancient Tower of London; the place of so many great historical episodes of English history, the scene of many of the capital tragedies of England and the terrible Bastile of England the frowning political sepulcure of the nation where the absolute monarchs and great ruling chiefs of the land have buried their victims their secrets and their crimes.

East of us also lay the Mint; North the Mansion House of the Lord Mayor of London; North West St Paul's church West- Westminster Abbey and the House of Parliament; South lies the River Thames with five of the large bridges across in full view and one not seen from the Monument making six: One of the collossal arched Bridges of the Thames is of solid cast iron called Southwark Bridge. This also is the celebrated "Suspension Bridge" which at this time was one of the great wonders of the age. The other collossal and magnificent bridges of the royal Thames (England's chief river) are London Bridge Blackfriars Waterloo Westminster and Vaushall all of which are built of massive stone. These six bridges are fine sights in themselves. They are the architectural monuments of the Thames; and our view of them from our high pinnacle with their crowds of moving and everchanging human masses, and cabs, omnibuses, carriages, drays, &c., which dash along presented to us a picturesque sight.

In addition to all this, within our view, was London Borough, on the South of the River, and all around us hundreds of churches, chaples and spires, standing in the midst of one universal mass of buildings, covering about six square miles of ground

While viewing this prospect on a clear day, we conversed with a Prussian Traveller, a citizen of Berlin, who had travelled much over Europe and Asia and other parts