Jones drag bunted the pitch.

the grate of brass Through which they thrust me, open stood the while, […] The grate, as they departed to repass, With horrid clangour fell, and the far sound Of their retiring steps in the dense gloom was drowned.

Traditional hedge laying involves, first, clearing away undergrowth and weeds, particularly from a hedge that has been neglected and allowed to grow tall. Untidy side branches are removed. A cut, known as a pleach, is made in the back of the trunk, leaving a 'hinge'; old-time hedgers recommend that this should be as thick as a lamb's tongue.

There is one beautiful sight in the East End, and only one, and it is the children dancing in the street when the organ-grinder goes his round.