_Q._ Of what is the world composed?
_A._ Of bricks and mortar, and Thames water.
_Q._ Into how many parts is the world usually divided?
_A._ Into four great parts, viz.--London, Westminster, Marylebone, and
Finsbury; to which may be added the Borough, which is over the water. Or
it may be said that Fashion has divided the world into two distinct parts,
viz.--the East-end and the West-end, and a great number of suburbs.
_Q._ How are the bricks and mortar subdivided?
_A._ Into continents, islands, peninsulas, and isthmuses.
_Q._ What is a continent?
_A._ Any district containing a number of separate residences and distinct
tenements, as _St. James's_, _St. Giles's_.
_Q._ What is an island?
_A._ An island is anything surrounded by the Thames, as _The Eel-Pie
Island_, and _The Convict Hulk_ at Deptford.
_Q._ What is a peninsula?
_A._ Anything that runs into the Thames, as _The Suspension Pier at
Chelsea_, and _Jack-in-the-Water_ at the Tower-stairs.
_Q._ What is an isthmus?
_A._ A narrow place that joins two continents together, as _Temple bar_,
which joins _Westminster_ to the _City_.
_Q._ How is the Thames water divided?
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