that give life and strength to the extremities. How vast,
how populous, how rich, how well regulated, how well
supplied, how clean, how well ventilated, how healthy!--what
a splendid city! How worthy of such an empire and such
a people!

What is the result of his experience? _It is, that there
is no such country in the world as England, and no such
place in England as London; that London is better than
any other town in winter, and quite as good as any other
place in summer; that containing not only all that he
requires, but all that he can wish, in the greatest
perfection, he desires never to leave it._

Local description, however, is not my object; I shall
therefore, return to my narrative.

Our examination of the Tower and the Tunnel occupied the
whole day, and though much gratified, we were no less
fatigued. On returning to our lodgings, I found letters
from Nova Scotia. Among others, was one from the widow
of an old friend, enclosing a memorial to the
Commander-in-Chief, setting forth the important and
gratuitous services of her late husband to the local
government of the province, and soliciting for her son
some small situation in the ordnance department, which
had just fallen vacant at Halifax. I knew that it was
not only out of my power to aid her, but that it was
impossible for her, however strong the claims of her
husband might be, to obtain her request. These things