Section 85. THE LONDON DOCKS. I.
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Seemingly[1] boundless is the region of the docks, and the visitor who sets out with ever so definite an idea of the course he intends to pursue, will constantly find himself allured from the path. He passes[2] a door from[3] which issues a delicious fragrance of spice, and he turns in[4] to (S. 19, N. 7) explore[5] it. At[6] the top of a stone staircase he finds an enormous floor[7] piled[8] with bales of cinnamon and boxes of nutmeg. Here and there are great heaps which, on[9] close inspection, prove[10] to be cloves. Others, of[11] a brilliant sienna colour, he[12] finds to be heaps of mace. The[13] floor above this is stored[14] with Peruvian bark[15]. This article is used for the preparation[16] of quinine, but[17] it is imported in such quantities[18] as[19] to render it difficult to believe that[20] it can all be used medicinally.