Show VAST SIZE OF LONDON ali london extends over an araa area of a ores acres or squire quare mile milesa sand iid the number of its inhabitants is r rapidly increasing was two millions three hundred and sixty two thousand two hundred and thirty six on the day of the last census A conception of this vast mass of pro poo pie may be formed by y the fact that if the metropolis tro polis was surrounded by a wall having a northgate a south gate an east gate gale and a west gate aate band and each of the four gates was waa of ruffic sufficient I 1 ent width to allow a co column I 1 dmn 0 of f per persons a 0 its to pass out freely four abreast and a peremptory necessity required the immediate evacuation of the city it could not be accomplished under juder four and twenty hours by the expiration of which time the head bead of each of the four columns would have advanced 75 miles from their respective spec tive gates close fi lefour deep beshire Ce shire |