[1] This is a boundary stone which marks the extent of the jurisdiction
possessed by the City of London over the western part of the River
Thames. It stands on the margin of the river, in the vicinity of
Staines church, and bears the date of 1280. On a moulding round the
upper part is inscribed "GOD preserve the City of London, A.D. 1280."

[2] George II. used to say when riding through Brentford, with his heavy
guards, "I do like dis place, 'tis so like Yarmany."



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THE SPECTRE'S VOYAGE.

_(For the Mirror.)_


"There is a part of the river Wye, between the city of Hereford and
the town of Moss, which was distinguished and well known for upwards
of two centuries, by the appellation of the Spectre's Voyage; across
which, so long as it retained that name, neither entreaty nor
remuneration could induce any boatman to convey passengers after a
certain hour of the night. The superstitious ideas current amongst the
lower orders of people were, that on every evening about the hour of
eight, a beautiful female figure was seen in a small vessel, sailing
from Hereford to Northrigg, (a small village about three miles
distant,) with the utmost rapidity, against wind and tide, or even in
a dead calm--landed at the little village, returned, and vanished,