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ERISTOL.
Numbers of extremely pleasant residences,
shaded by foliage, are scattered on the hill; and
many streets, but a greater number of lanes,
intersecs. it, molt of which command the finest
prospects.
The longest streets on the level, or in antient
Bristol, are RedclifF, Temple, the Old Market,
Corn, Wine, Broad Mead, and Marlborough;
to which may be added many others of consider-
able, but inferior, length and breadth.
The inhabitants fay there are nine squares; but
the reader who has never visited Bristol must by
no means think of Portman or Grosvenor squares
in London, when estimating their iize and build-
ings. Queen-square certainly ranks in the first
class; but is not quite so well built as we could
wifh, nor as the area demands ; which is railed,
and has an avenue of fine elms on each side, that
shade a broad gravelled walk. The centre con-
tains an equestrian statue of William III. in bronze,
by Rysbrack, os considerable merit, and the head
of the horse deserves praise. Eight walks diverge
from the pedestal to the sides and angles of the
area ; and the remainder is covered with grass,
oddly enough protected from the deviating steps
of pedestrians by rough slakes driven along the
borders ; which practice is common in other
squares of this city, and has a slrange and disa-
greeable
ERISTOL.
Numbers of extremely pleasant residences,
shaded by foliage, are scattered on the hill; and
many streets, but a greater number of lanes,
intersecs. it, molt of which command the finest
prospects.
The longest streets on the level, or in antient
Bristol, are RedclifF, Temple, the Old Market,
Corn, Wine, Broad Mead, and Marlborough;
to which may be added many others of consider-
able, but inferior, length and breadth.
The inhabitants fay there are nine squares; but
the reader who has never visited Bristol must by
no means think of Portman or Grosvenor squares
in London, when estimating their iize and build-
ings. Queen-square certainly ranks in the first
class; but is not quite so well built as we could
wifh, nor as the area demands ; which is railed,
and has an avenue of fine elms on each side, that
shade a broad gravelled walk. The centre con-
tains an equestrian statue of William III. in bronze,
by Rysbrack, os considerable merit, and the head
of the horse deserves praise. Eight walks diverge
from the pedestal to the sides and angles of the
area ; and the remainder is covered with grass,
oddly enough protected from the deviating steps
of pedestrians by rough slakes driven along the
borders ; which practice is common in other
squares of this city, and has a slrange and disa-
greeable