and out of these scholars some are annually, on St. Barnabas' Day,
the 11th of June, elected to St. John's College, in Oxford, where
there are forty-six fellowships belonging to the school.

As to the charity schools: there are in all 131, some for boys,
others for girls; where the children are taught, if boys, to read,
write, and account; if girls, to read, sew, and knit; who are all
clothed and fitted for service or trades gratis.

I proceed in the next place to show how well London is supplied with
water, firing, bread-corn, flesh, fish, beer, wine, and other
provisions.

And as to water, no city was ever better furnished with it, for
every man has a pipe or fountain of good fresh water brought into
his house, for less than twenty shillings a year, unless brewhouses,
and some other great houses and places that require more water than
an ordinary family consumes, and these pay in proportion to the
quantity they spend; many houses have several pipes laid in, and may
have one in every room, if they think fit, which is a much greater
convenience than two or three fountains in a street, for which some
towns in other countries are so much admired.

These pipes of water are chiefly supplied from the waterworks at
London Bridge, Westminster, Chelsea, and the New River.

Besides the water brought from the Thames and the New River, there
are a great many good springs, pumps, and conduits about the town,
which afford excellent water for drinking. There are also mineral
waters on the side of Islington and Pancras.