ABSTRACT
Having procured myself a comfortable lodging, and got some refreshment, I took a walk through the town, the general appearance of which, in the eyes of & stranger, is disagreeable in the extreme. You in vain look for a square, a Street, or a row of buildings, at all like what you see in towns which are not depending chiefly on factory pursuits. This is not to be wondered at, when we take into consideration the immense number of factories in the neighbourhood, each vomiting forth clouds of smoke, which collect in dense masses, and poison the surrounding atmosphere, and from which are continually falling particles of dirt and soot. At one time, when the air seemed a little clear, I counted the factory chimneys in sight to nearly one hundred, and this is but a portion of the whole num ber in Leeds and its vicinity. The amount of coal consumed in these factories, must be some hundreds of tons daily. Hence we need not wonder at the gloomy appearance of the town.
