PRINCIPAL OMNIBUS ROUTES (continued.)

ROUTE.

Hornsey Road, Holloway Road, Upper Street, Rosebery
Avenue, Chancery Lane, Strand, Victoria Street.
Hornsey Road, Holloway Road, Caledonian Road,
King's Cross, Euston Road, Marylebone Road, Baker
Street, Oxford Street, Park Lane, Hyde Park Corner,
Knightsbridge, Sloane Street.

Harrow Road, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Holborn,
Cheapside, London Bridge.

Maida Vale, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Holborn,
Cheapside, London Bridge.

Maida Vale, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Holborn,
Cheapside, Moorgate Street, London Wall.

Euston Road, Marylebone Road, Great Portland Street,
Regent Street.

Cornwall Road, Westbourne Grove, Bishop's Road,
Praed Street, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Regent
Street, Charing Cross, Strand, Fleet Street, Ludgate
Hill, Cannon Street, King William Street.

Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Grove, Bishop's Road,
Praed Street, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Hol-
born, Cheapside, Moorgate Street.

Muswell Hill Road, Archway Road, Kentish Town Road,
Hampstead Road, Tottenham Court Road, Charing
Cross Road.

Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch,
Bishopsgate Street.

Roman Road, Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, Bishops.
gate Street, Bank, Cheapside, Holborn, Oxford St.
High Street, Fulham Palace Road, Walham Green,
Brompton Road, Piccadilly, Regent Street, Charing
Cross, Strand, Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, Cannon
Street, Queen Victoria Street, Moorgate Street.

Finchley Road, Upper Baker Street to Oxford Street,
Regent Street, Charing Cross, Whitehall, West-
minster Bridge, London Road, New Kent Road.
Finchley Road, Park Road, Baker Street, Oxford Street,
Holborn, Cheapside.

Uxbridge Road, Bayswater Road, Oxford Street, Hol-
born, Cheapside, Moorgate Street.

Victoria Park Road, Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch,
Bishopsgate Street, Broad Street, Cannon Street,
Ludgate Hill, Fleet Street, Strand.
High Street, Newington Green Road, Essex Road,
Upper Street, Rosebery Avenue, Gray's Inn Road,
Chancery Lane, Strand, Whitehall, Victoria Street.
Stroud Green Road, Tollington Park, Hornsey Road,
Upper Street, Rosebery Avenue, Gray's Inn Road,
Chancery Lane, Strand, Whitehall, Victoria Street.
High Street Chiswick, High Street Kensington to
Piccadilly, Regent Street, Charing Cross, Strand,
Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, Cannon Street, London
Bridge.

Kilburn, Maida Vale, Park Lane, Grosvenor Gardens.
Malvern Road, Shirland Road, Edgware Road, Park
Lane, Grosvenor Gardens.

Euston Road, Judd Street, Russell Square, Southampton
Row, Long Acre, Piccadilly, Grosvenor Gardens.
Also Euston Road, Tottenham Court Road, Oxford Street,
Bond Street, Piccadilly, Grosvenor Gardens.
Fulham Road, Brompton Road, Hyde Park Corner,
Piccadilly, Charing Cross Road, New Oxford Street,
Theobald's Road," Angel Islington, Highbury

Grove.

Fulham Road, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Correr, Oxford
Street, Baker Street, Euston Road, Pentonville Hill.
Upper Street.

PRINCIPAL OMNIBUS ROUTES (continued.)

ROUTE.

North End Road, Brompton Road, Hyde Park Corner,
Piccadilly, Charing Cross, Strand, Fleet Street,
Ludgate Hill, Queen Victoria Street, Moorgate Street,
Finsbury Square, Hoxto Church.

North End Road, King's Road, Sloane Square, Victoria
Street, Whitehall, Strand, Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill,
Queen Victoria Street, Moorgate Street.

North End Road, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, Hyde
Park Corner, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue, New
Oxford Street, Newgate Street, Cheapside, King
William Street, over London Bridge.

North End Road, Lillie Road, Old Brompton Road,
Piccadilly, Regent Street.

Malvern Road, Shirland Road, Edgware Road, Oxford
Street, Regent Street, Trafalgar Square.

Malvern Road, Shirland Road, Edgware Road, Oxford
Street, Holborn to Cheapside, London Bridge.
Lupus Street, Great Smith Street, Whitehall, Charing
Cross, Strand, Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, Cannon
Street, Princes Street, Moorgate Street.

St. Quintin Avenue, Westbourne Grove, Bishop's Road,
Praed Street, Edgware Road, Oxford Street, Hol-
born, Newgate Street, Cheapside, Moorgate Street.
Willesden Lane, Salisbury Road, Shirland Road, Edgware
Road, Oxford Street, Regent Street, Trafalgar Sq.
Willesden Lane, Salisbury Road, Shirland Road, Edg.
ware Road, Park Lane, Grosvenor Gardens.

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SPORTS AND GAMES.

HE modern Londoner not only works strenuously, but he makes the most of his hours of leisure. The almost universal Saturday half-holiday is generally devoted to games of one kind and another, or to "week-end" excursions; and on fine Sundays the river is crowded with pleasure boats. We can do no more than mention the headquarters of the various forms of sport, and the leading events of the year :

CRICKET.-Lords', at St. John's Wood (p. 182) is the headquarters of the M.C.C. The principal annual fixtures are Eton v. Harrow and Oxford v. Cambridge, always attracting large crowds. Kennington Oval (p. 300), on the south side, is the headquarters of the Surrey C.C. There are many private cricket grounds, and pitches are allotted to regular players in most of the local parks.

CYCLING.-Only riders of nerve and experience should cycle in the crowded thoroughfares of central London. In planning a ride into the country it is generally advisable either to start very early in the morning, before traffic has congested the streets, or to take train to a station a few miles out on the line of route. Now that all the main roads out of London are being used for electric tramways, this point is of more importance

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than ever. Under the new regulations the charge for conveyance of cycles is only 6d. for under twenty-five miles. it is necessary to cross London from north to south, or vice versâ, the existence of the river must not be forgotten, and the roads converging on bridges are almost invariably crowded. A careful study of the map will usually show alternative routes through London that are less frequented than the main roads, and add but little to the total distance.

In the notes dealing with suburban resorts we have given, wherever possible, the cycling route to each place of interest. Both to the south and north of London, the country a few miles out is decidedly hilly, but the scenery, particularly the leafy lanes and stretches of open common, is very charming. Bold as it may seem to make the assertion, there are beautyspots within sight of London smoke that will challenge comparison with any in Great Britain.

FISHING. The fresh-water angler can do moderately well in the neighbourhood of London, but a railway journey of some length is generally involved. The private waters of the Thames and its tributaries are strictly preserved, but there are many reaches where fishing is free. Roach, chub, perch and pike are principally caught. The Lea is a good deal frequented (especially at Rye House, Hoddesden); and the rivers Colne and Chess on the north-western confines of Middlesex, and the Essex Blackwater have many admirers. There is good fishing also in the Brent Reservoir at Hendon. But enthusiasts will not look for detailed information in a book of this general character when they are so admirably served by the Anglers' Diary and other special publications.

FOOTBALL. It is not many years since "football fever " was confined to the North of England, but the epidemic has now taken a firm hold on the South. Since the "final" for the Football Association Cup was first played at the Crystal Palace in 1895, the attendance has often reached 80,000, and in 1901 as many as 110,802 spectators were attracted by the English Cup "final between Tottenham Hotspurs and Sheffield United. A "gate" of from twenty to thirty thousand is not at all uncom mon in connection with League matches.

The principal London grounds are those at Park Royal (Queen's Park Rangers), Tottenham (Tottenham Hotspurs) Plumstead (Woolwich Arsenal), Griffin Park (Brentford), Uptor Park (West Ham United), Craven Cottage (Fulham), Stamford Bridge (Chelsea), Homerton (Clapton Orient), Leyton and Crysta Palace. The Oxford and Cambridge matches are played at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, once the home of the Corinthians, who now play at the Essex County Ground, Leyton,

Rugby is not nearly so popular in London as the Associa