A. Into continents, islands, peninsulas, and isthmuses.
Q. What is a continent?
A. Any district containing a number of separate residences and distinct tenements, as St. James’s, St. Giles’s.
Q. What is an island?
A. An island is anything surrounded by the Thames, as The Eel-Pie Island, and The Convict Hulk at Deptford.
Q. What is a peninsula?
A. Anything that runs into the Thames, as The Suspension Pier at Chelsea, and Jack-in-the-Water at the Tower-stairs.
Q. What is an isthmus?
A. A narrow place that joins two continents together, as Temple bar, which joins Westminster to the City.
Q. How is the Thames water divided?