The whole bog might be
filled up with similar matter."
It really seemed to me, however, that the bridge vibrated and
heaved up and down in a very formidable manner; and, spite of Mr.
Smooth-it-away's testimony to the solidity of its foundation, I should
be loth to cross it in a crowded omnibus; especially, if each
passenger were encumbered with as heavy luggage as that gentleman
and myself. Nevertheless, we got over without accident, and soon found
ourselves at the Station-house. This very neat and spacious edifice is
erected on the site of the little Wicket-Gate, which formerly, as
all old pilgrims will recollect, stood directly across the highway,
and, by its inconvenient narrowness, was a great obstruction to the
traveller of liberal mind and expansive stomach. The reader of John
Bunyan will be glad to know, that Christian's old friend Evangelist,
who was accustomed to supply each pilgrim with a mystic roll, now
presides at the ticket office. Some malicious persons, it is true,
deny the identity of this reputable character with the Evangelist of
old times, and even pretend to bring competent evidence of an
imposture. Without involving myself in a dispute, I shall merely
observe, that, so far as my experience goes, the square pieces of
pasteboard, now delivered to passengers, are much more convenient
and useful along the road, than the antique roll of parchment.
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