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36 ORIGINIUOP ed TES 442% 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
