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walls, until Alfred, seeing the great military value of the place, repaired
the wall in 886, restored some at least of the buildings, made the place
habitable, bestowed a form of government upon it, and, in short,
founded the London that now is. There is reason to believe that, in
strengthening and repairing the wall, he paid special attention to one
or more of the bastions at the south-eastern corner, as being the most
important for defence
in case of an invader
coming up the
Thames, and that
upon these buildings
of his, William the
Conqueror — erected
the Tower as we
still see it.
We may take
leave of Roman
London by a brief
survey of the remains
still visible, of which
there is not very
much. In the British
Museum we may
find some mosaic
pavements, for the
most part very small.
Others are in the
Guildhall Museum,
where also may be
seen numerous frag¬