[Picture: Watering the streets]
London streets, in dry weather, are very dusty; this, when the wind blows
briskly, annoys not only the eyes of those who walk, and of those who
ride, but spoils the look of many a joint of meat. Pastry-cooks’ and
many other shops are much hurt by the dust; so that, at an early hour in
the morning, many streets are watered by means of a scoop, and water pent
up in the kennels, on each side of the carriageway.