Delicacies of the River
Gorgias Puddledock
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Pollution, Sanitation, Public Health |
Argues that humans should be able to tolerate the Thames if fish can live in it, and attacks the plan of Joseph Paxton to deodorize the sewers with lime on the grounds that whitebait would be killed. Concludes by calling for 'no more abuse of the gentle River'. | |
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