Note 593 — Chapter XXXV · THE STREETS.
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'Instead of Lanterns, they set up[593] in the Streets of London Lamps,[594] which by Means of a very thick Convex Glass, throw out great Rays of Light, which illuminate the Path for people that go on Foot tolerably well. They begin to light up these Lamps at Michaelmas, and continue them till Lady Day; they burn from Six in the Evening till Midnight, and from every third Day after the Full Moon to the sixth Day after the New Moon.'[595]