of stone. The streets are paved with round smooth stones, such as are found on the seashore; and on each side are sidewalks, paved with bricks or flat stones. The streets have lamps at regular distances, which are lighted at night, and most of them have houses on both sides, touching each other all the way, except where they are interrupted by cross streets. The longest street in Boston is Washington Street. Here are shops on each side of the way for more than a mile. The street is crowded with coaches, chaises, and other carriages, and the sidewalks are full of people, passing one way or the other. Every body seems to be busy. There is no place so gay and bustling as the streets of a great town.

The Common is a large beautiful field on the westerly side of the city.

Round the Com

mon are wide smooth gravel walks, planted

with rows of trees.

Some of the trees are

There are also walks

very large and old. across the Common and trees scattered up and down. Not far from the middle is a small pond of fresh water, with young elms round its border. The Common is a great ornament to the city. On three sides of it there are splendid houses. Fayette Place, a block of

twenty four brick dwelling houses four stories high, fronts it on the east.

In what part of Boston are the streets narrow and crooked?

What is said of pavements?

Which is the longest street?

Where is the Common, and what is said of it?

LETTER XXIX.

THE most remarkable building in the city is Faneuil Hall Market. It is built of granite and is two stories high; but the middle part is wider and higher than the rest, and has a dome at the top. This market house is five hundred and thirty six feet long, and at each end there is a portico supported by four great pillars of granite. These pillars are twenty feet high, and more than a yard thick; and each is made of a single piece of stone. The principal entrances are at the ends under the porticos, and there is a wide passage, which runs from one end to the other, through the whole building. On each side of this passage, are places called stalls, occupied by the market men. In these stalls are kept all kinds of meat, as well as butter and cheese, and all sorts of vegetables, fowls, and fish. Every morning

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there is a great crowd of people about the

market, who come to buy provisions. In the second story there are large elegant halls

On the sides of the Market House are two streets, called North and South Market Streets, and on the sides of these streets, opposite to the Market House, are rows of stores, built in one block, with granite fronts, and four stories high. The roofs of these stores, as well as of a vast many other buildings in the city, are covered with slates instead of shingles.

In the western part of the city, near the water side, is the Massachusetts General Hos pital. This is thought by many people the

finest building in the State. It is of granite, and has a portico in front, supported by eight stone columns. Within it is divided into rooms, which are furnished with every convenience for the sick people who are brought to be taken care of. Many are brought from a

great distance. A great number of benevolent gentlemen contributed money to build this hospital; much money was also given by the State for the same purpose. There is no better use to which money can be put, than to give it for such charitable purposes.

How long is Faneuil Hall Market?

Of what is it built?

What use is made of it?

What is the General Hospital for ?

Where is it situated?

LETTER XXX.

I HAVE no doubt you would like to know something about the schools of Boston. The people of the city have taken great pains with their schools. There are about sixty schools kept by women, called Primary Schools. Children from the age of four to seven are taught at these schools to read and spell. At the age of seven, if the children can read, they may be admitted into the Grammar Schools. There are eight of these schools in the city, besides one, called the African School, for colored children. In these schools the children are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and grammar. The boys may remain in these schools till they are ourteen years