Downstream

(Jeff_L) #1

touch its gritty edge, tread
water and look up to its
pyramid-shaped top. My first
impression is that it’s so old,
this grey monument that rises
majestically out of the water.
Letters are carved deep into
the west side of the stone:
‘Right Honourable William
Taylor Copeland Lord
Mayor, John Lanson Esq,
David Salomons Esq.
Sheriffs, God preserve the
City of London 1836’. On the

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