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The gentleman seen in this excellent little snap-shot is a Covent Garden
porter, and he is carrying the fourteen bushel baskets seen in our
photo. in the execution of his ordinary duties. The baskets make a
column of some 196in., or 16ft. 4in. Add 5ft. 10in. as the height of the
carrier, and you get a walking column 22ft. 2in. high. The carrying of
these baskets was not done for a wager. There is room for speculation as
to what would have been the result of the sudden advent of a runaway
horse. Photo. by Mr. W. B. Northrop, 36, Essex Street, Strand, W.C.
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