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principal IVatuvc is the grand organ it contains, wliicli is
claimed lo l)c the largest in the woidd. Passing still farther
on, we descend a gentle slupe to the Hay ^Iai-k(d, or, as it is
commonly called, Paddy's Market. Here, (in Saturday
evenings, is to lie seen one of the most nniqne sights in the
Southern woi'ld. (Ie(n'ge street is tlnju a soliil mass of m(j\'-
ing, jostling people, and the crowds sui'ge into the markiit,
some on husiness, Init the m(.ist on pleasure hi'ut. Tlie long
rows of stalls are filled with wares, wlmse wide-awake -fenders
A'ie with each other in trying to make the greatest lujise, as if
their success in husiness, if not their Ha'cs, depended upon the
strength of their lungs. Here and there are catch-iienny gan)es
and side-shows, liands of music, merry-go-rounds, swings, and
an endless variet}^ of devices for amusement and nnmey-
getting. Here also are numerous stump-speakers, political,
communistic, infidel, and religious. These tuo ■work on the
general jilan of measuring success by the amount of noise
they can make. And, inters[)ersed through the whole, is a
rollicking, care-for-nothing crowd, pushing, laughing, and gaz-
ing about; the whole making a noise which is a forcible
reminder of pandemonium itself.
