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 policemen wear white cloaks like surgeons or barbers; possibly that is a tradition from the time of the Romans. Besides this, old England was fond of all kinds of projecting storeys and gables, so that a house of that sort grows broader and broader towards the top; in addition to all that, the windows are commonly thrust forward like half-opened drawers, so that a house of that sort with its storeys, bow-windows, dormers and oriels looks like a large toy with detachable parts, or an old escritoire with drawers, which is perhaps closed up and locked for the night, and there it is. At Chester, moreover, they have something known as “rows.” This consists of an arbour, but on the first floor, and from the street, it is reached by means