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 market-shed for native vendors of fruit and green-*stuff, and I was going to look round and see what there was to buy when I caught sight of a large slab of marble let in to the rubble wall of the gateway. It bore the following legend:—

"This market was erected by Colonel Luke S. O'Connor during his Governorship, ."

I said to myself, "Oh! indeed," and passed on.

Thirty yards further down the road I saw a tablet attached to an old swish wall. I walked up to it and read:—

"This wall was repaired during the Administration of Colonel Luke S. O'Connor, Governor, ."

It did not appear to me that this was such a stupendous feat as to need commemoration, so I turned down a side-street and walked on. In a few minutes I met a pump standing in the middle of the road. I saw there was an inscription on this too, and tried to avoid it, but a fatal fascination drew me on, and I read:—

"This pump was erected for the benefit of the thirsty wayfarer during the Governorship of Colonel Luke S. O'Connor, ."

I began to get rather tired of this, and turned towards the country, where I thought there could not