The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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are more Scotchmen in London than in Edinburgh, and more Irishmen than in
Dublin. This is a mistake, though the Scotch and Irish who have settled in
London, together with their descendants, are sufficiently numerous to form, two
very respectable towns. The number of Jews is more considerable than in any
other town of England. Gipsies have permanently established themselves in the
neighbourhood of Dulwich ; whilst in the east, near the Docks, we meet with
representatives of nearly every nationality on the face of the globe, includino-
Hindus, Malays, Chinese, and Polynesians. Nowhere else in Europe are we pre-
sented with equal facilities for ethnological study. The foreign European popu-
lation of London is proportionately not as numerous now as it was in the sixteenth
century.* Most of these foreigners come to London in search of business ; and
Pig. 92.— Increase by I.mmioratiox, axd Excess of Births of the Large Cities of Edrope.
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