Show TUB THE LONDON SEWER HUNTER he finds diamonds and money at very rare intervals interval before commencing operations each man lit in a gang provides himself with a bullseye bulls eye lantern and a pole some ceven or eight feet lit in length having an iron attachment at one end somewhat a t like a hoe hoeard and a canvas apron for greater convenience the lantern is in variably fixed to the right shoulder so that when walking the light Is thrown ahead and when stopping its rays fall directly to their feet thus they walk slowly along through the mud feeling with their naked feet for anything unusual at the same lime raking the accumulation from the walls and picking front from the crevices any article they see noth is allowed to escape them no matter what its worth provided it is not absolutely valueless old iron pieces of rope bones current coin of the realm and articles of plate and jewelry all is good fish which comes to the hunters net with fins fine in the way ot of coins ol of course the humbler penny predominates sixpence and shillings however often increase the value ot of the col lection and at rare intervals too rare to please the hunters half sovereigns gits are discovered like the flies in amber the mystery is if how flow they got there among other articles of intrinsic worth silver spoons are mott most often fould although shirt studs diamond rings silver drinking vessels and many other quite out of place articles swell the list from time to time lime lucky finds such as those above mentioned do 0 not deter the sewer man front from keeping a keen lookout for less valuable articles as they float by ills sharp eye ey from long practice is capable of judging the w worth orth the 0 would be even discernable discernible discern able to the ordinary observer mile life after mile does doer the sewer hunter traverse underground until a tolerable drably tol heavy bag is the result of Os lis labor night and day Is all one to the man some gangs enter the hewer at night and work until morning while others cairy cat ry out the search only during the daytime rats abound everywhere some of them being of enormous size large enough to frighten any beginner at tile the game the experienced hunter however takes no notice of them and the rats are only too pleased to sneak neak away in the darkness pearsons weekly |