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m ust quit, and the new ones m ay take possession:. All is h u rry scurry. 0 the m iseries of a " F ly tte d a g 1” w hich none b u t those w ho have experienced can realize. Y et it would seem a pastim e o f the people, for the w hole tow n ap p ears changing q u arters on th ese days — a valid objection, one w ould suppose, to lodging on flats. B u t th ere is a d ay m ore rem arkable, p erhaps, th an the "F ly tted a g .” T he fou rth F rid a y afte r E aster is " Store Bededag ” or G reat P ra y e r D ay, a day m ore respected (though th at is not saying m uch) than S u n d a y ; for, in addition to oth er observances, an ex tra Service is held in all the churches. On the E v e o f this day the C hurch-bells toll from 6 to 7 o’clock, an d the w hole tow n tu rn out to prom enade the ram p a rts during th at hour. B ut, mirabile dictu ! the people them selves do not know for a certainty w h y they so strictly observe th is day. Som e supp ose it w as appointed as a day o f general thank sgivin g because th a t ab o u t th is tim e one o f th e g re a t fires, w hich have so often devastated the city, c e a se d : O thers, because the ravages of a plague, w ere sta y e d : w hile n o t a few a sse rt th at one of th eir k in g s, (p erh ap s C hristian IV .), being in great p eril d urin g a terrible s to rm , vow ed to dedicate something to God if he reached land again. T he ship w eath ered thp gale, and the M onarch returned in safety to his faithful subjects; so the day w as