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    The ward is given to start , and away they go , barking and snuffling with delight , and wagging those pendulums of pleasure their tails , in the most satisfactory manner possible to those who sympathize with dumb animals : for I hold this to be an indisputable maxim in morals , —if a dog wags his tail he is not unhappy . The Mrs . Smiths follow in the wake , each one bearing a basket full to the cover with cold lamb , lettuces , bread , salt , small

    knives , and napkins , for a camp dinner in Copenhagen fields , ot other like green inviting locality . But not only the Smiths , but the Joneses , Wilsons , Williamses , Thompsons , Johnsons , and Jacksons—( and these pretty nearly embrace the whole London family of Man )—are migratory too;—an universal dispersion , which purifies and peacifies the town for one day , and leaves the few who worship in temples to pursue their pious work in

    quietness . Those who leave off London once a week in boats , glasscoaches , chaises , and cabs , were off the stones earlier in the day , and are , by church-time , heaven only knows where : they are where they wish to be , and that is happiness for them . Here and there you meet with a pensive , solitary stroller , stepping fieldward too—a bachelor , perhaps , on his way to an appointment with one of the Miss Smiths : if he has a white waistcoat , and dusts

    his boots every half mile , he is doomed to dine out somewhere . About two o ' clock a second migration takes place ; and what would be considered a large population for any city but London swarms and again disperses severally . Sticks by thousands now walk out of town with prim persons who keep very close beside them , and pat and encourage them in their efforts at locomotion .

    Canes also may be seen everywhere picking their path in the most genteel and jaunty manner possible : if gold or silver headed , they every now and then stroke down whiskers , tap at the teeth of their companions if very white and regular , beat a taptoo on the brims of hats , or alarm pug dogs of delicate nerves with possible raps . Other dogs , not so timid , because they have a confidence

    in their powers , and powers not to be trifled with , enjoy themselves this day . Blucher , who draws a truck during the workingdays , walks out with ' young master / and really conducts himself in the most decorous manner—has a disengaged air—looks degagd and genteel—and if he does shake a cat in iiis way out of town , he does it in the playfullest possible spirit—quite like an amateur . Indeed , there seems to be a general amenity ami amiability among all ranks on this day . Excessive are the

    attentions of young gentlemen to young ladies getting over impossible stiles , who look beautifully thankful to those very polite , disinterested young persons . The dandy soil of haberdashers put on their Sunday strut with their new boots , and walk as they da not walk during business-days . Young milliners , arrayed in aU their glory , look as handsome and as high as their wealthy upleytrs—forget their fagging , and up-all-night work , aad

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    566 A London Sunday .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1834, page 566, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2636/page/36/