CHAPTER IX.

RICHMOND TO BATTERSEA.--_By the Rev. PROFESSOR BONNEY, F.R.S._

The River at Richmond--A Spot for a Holiday--The Old Palace of Sheen--The Trumpeters' House--Old Sad Memories--Richmond Green--The Church--Kean's Grave--Water Supply--The Bridge--The Nunnery of Sion and Convent of Sheen--Sir William Temple--Kew Observatory, Isleworth--Sion House and its History--Kew Palace and the Georges--Kew Gardens--Kew Green--Brentford--Mortlake--Barnes--Chiswick--The Boat-race--Hammersmith--Putney--Barn Elms--Putney and Fulham--The Bishops of London--Hurlingham--The Approach to a Great City 229