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thing which surprised me was the great
number of beggars a great many of whom
seemed to be professional beggars. They
seemed to pick up a few pennies from the
crowd, but it was to me a menancholy
sight, although my friends did not seem
at all astonished, they of course being used
to them but it was something new to me
to see so many obliged to beg for a living.
The weather today has been all that
could be desired, as have all the Sundays
since I have been here. I spent part of
the morning in digging Thomas' potatoes,
after which we took a walk to the hills
in the vicinity of his house to have a view
of London which would have been splendid
had the atmosphere been perfectly clear.
As it was we had a very indistint view.
After tea we took a long walk through
the meadows near Lewisham, and along
the river Ravensbourne which supplies
all of our section of London with water.
It is a very small river being about as
wide as our own Cobb Creek. We

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