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Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

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60 PETER PARLEY'S<br />

Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, followed<br />

next in order, and each was received with<br />

the same warm and enthusiastic cheers.<br />

"After these came the Queen's bargemaster<br />

and his assistants, forty-eight<br />

in number.<br />

The blunt sailor-like appearance<br />

of these<br />

men, some of whose weather-beaten countenances<br />

gave <strong>to</strong>ken of years of service, excited<br />

much interest. When <strong>Peter</strong> Parley<br />

saw them they recalled <strong>to</strong><br />

his mind the anecdote<br />

of the saving of the life of the Princess<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>ria,<br />

and he wondered which of the bluif<br />

sailors it was who had been so ready and<br />

so thoughtful.<br />

" The Royal carriages<br />

now approached.<br />

These were twelve in number, each drawn

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