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with those I had seen on similar occasions in 1866 under Napoleon, 

 and in 1872 under Thiers. It seemed to me that the difference 

 was very great ; it was no longer en fete as formerly, but only like 

 any crowd of tourists. Another innovation, not unacceptable, 

 was the aviation field near by where we saw nearly every form of 

 aeroplane in practice, and the horrible noise of the motors was 



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disturbing to novices ; we had already seen from the train one of the 

 German balloon-suspended passenger airships (Count Zeppelin) 

 passing over our heads. 



The interesting ethnological collection formerly in the Musie 

 de Marine at the Louvre had been removed to other exhibition 

 halls, and later we found some of the specimens at the Trocadero. 

 Others may have gone to the museum at the Jardin des Plantes, 

 but we were unfortunate in finding that museum closed, and the 

 Director who had succeeded to Dr. Hamy, who, on a former visit to 

 the old museum was my guide, was away on his vacation. At the 

 earlier visit in 1896 the new museum building was nearlv complete 



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