_A. The Able-Bodied Sweepers._
The elder portion of the London crossing-sweepers admit, as we have
before said, of being arranged, for the sake of perspicuity, into
several classes. I shall begin with the _Able-bodied Males_; then
proceed to the _Females_ of the same class; and afterwards deal with
the _Able-bodied Irish_ (male and female), who take to the London
causeways for a living. This done, I shall then, in due order, take
up the _Afflicted_ or _Crippled_ class; and finally treat of the
_Juveniles_ belonging to the same calling.