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The Reedbank, the far shore, the Slip, the Lane and the Quay as plan.ts, slip.ts, lane.ts and quay.ts stand them, to scale, and the five districts it grows into. Drawn from the tables the game reads.

The Reedbank

North is up; the grid is 1 m. The pale rectangles are where she can walk: her bank, the far shore, north-east over the water the Glassmakers' Slip, north of the Slip Clockwork Lane, and north-east of the Lane Silver Quay. The places are what a body goes round, the rings are their pads at reach (0.85 m), and the tick points to the face each is worked from. Past the edge stand the scenery and the gate the obscura show opens; past the Slip's north end, its gate, which the phantasmagoria room's show opens; past the Lane's north end, its gate, which the praxinoscope theatre's show opens; west of the Quay the racetrack, north of it the long quay, and past its east end its gate, which the zoopraxiscope gallery's show opens, with the Arcade beyond. The dashed rings are laid once the heron has worn thin: the ferry's at the jetty and on the far shore, and the pads of the places she works there; the hiring pad beside the jetty's, once she has a helper's price; the causeway's two and the Slip's, once the gate is open; the path's two and the Lane's, once the Slip's gate is; and the steps' two and the Quay's, once the Lane's gate is. The dashed lines are the causeway, from the end of the east track through the gate to the Slip, the path, from the Slip through its gate up to the Lane, and the steps, from the Lane through its gate on to the Quay. The dotted loop is the hired hand's round.

Each shore is cut into districts, named in large type. Green blocks are hills and copses (land.ts): they stop a body and part one district from the next. The pale bands are roads worn between districts. The small squares are the districts' pennants, and each signpost's boards point to a district in its flag colour.

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Five districts

One continuous map. Each district opens off the one before it when its gate show is staged with enough wonder; none closes. The arcs are what a later district draws from an earlier one.

The ReedbankOil flameancient - 1400s50Glassmakers' SlipCondensed lamp1500s - 1700s300Clockwork LaneLimelight1800s - 1870s1200Silver QuayDaylight and magnesium1870s - 1880s4000The ArcadeElectric arc1890sFlax from the Reedbank becomes the linen screen every venue needs.Clay becomes the chemist trays on Silver Quay.Glass blanks become the mirror drum of the praxinoscope.Kelp burned for soda ash also yields the iodine that sensitises a plate.Lenses ground on the Slip are the lens of every camera and projector.Gears and springs from Clockwork Lane become the intermittent movement.Silver salts and gelatin coat the film as they coated the plate.The oil press still runs. Old light sells to people who cannot afford new light.
EraDistrictIts gate showWonderSeen from before
1The ReedbankA river mouth at dusk. Clay banks, flax in the shallows, one ferry, the sea beyond.The camera obscura hut50—
2Glassmakers' SlipA working slipway where ships land sand and kelp. Kilns, a fairground, gulls.The phantasmagoria300glassfurnace, ashkiln, lanterntent
3Clockwork LaneA lane of workshops behind a paper mill, opening onto a racetrack.The praxinoscope theatre1200papermill, toyworkshop, theatre
4Silver QuayChemists, a row of portrait studios, the customs house, the long quay, and a racetrack at its edge.The zoopraxiscope gallery4000portraitstudio, gallery, chemiststall
5The ArcadeElectric streets, a converted shop, and the ground the picture palace will stand on.Opening night—arcstreet, convertedshop, palaceground