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a fine church. We breakfasted at the queer old town 

 of Beauvais, where there is a fine cathedral, of which 

 I had a pretty good view. My breakfast (dejeuner 

 a la fourchette, which is the next thing to a dinner) 

 cost three and a half francs, for on this route you 

 meet with very English charges. I wished to say 

 something about the country, but have not room. Suf- 

 fice it to say that we passed through the town of St. 

 Denis late in the afternoon, where I did not even get 

 a glimpse of the very ancient cathedral, and arrived 

 at Paris just before nightfall. After dinner, in com- 

 pany with a fellow-passenger, a young Englishman, I 

 gratified a long-felt curiosity by strolling through the 

 Palais Royal and some of the principal streets of Paris. 

 On Sunday I attended church in the morning (after a 

 vain attempt to find the American Chapel) at the Rev. 

 Mr. Sayer's English Episcopal Chapel, where I heard 

 a good sermon ; and in the evening at the Methodist 

 Chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Toase preached a truly ex- 

 cellent discourse from Jeremiah viii. 13. All the shops 

 were open just as on any other day, and the gardens 

 and parks were all crowded. This morning I went 

 down to the Jardin des Plantes, stopping by the way 

 to see the ancient church of Notre-Dame, where I heard 

 a portion of the Catholic service chanted. . . . At 

 last, after looking at many other buildings and objects 

 of curiosity, about which I will tell you more presently, 

 I reached the garden, found Decaisne, who could 

 speak no English, and I almost no French ; so he took 

 me to Adrien de Jussieu, who makes out to speak very 

 tolerable English, and to understand me pretty well. 

 1 left soon to call on Mr. Webb, l who is an English- 



1 Philip Barker Webb, 1793-1854 ; a " distinguished English bof 

 nist residing in Paris, of vast and varied knowledg-e. He accumi'Li! 

 one of the largest herbaria, bequeathed to the Duke of Tuscany." 

 A. G. 



