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ment at the Princess Hohenzollern's, and last night 

 at her sister's the Princess of Courland, who is a 

 most beautiful and pleasing woman. Her parties, 

 which are the finest and the most select, as well as 

 the most easy and pleasant things going forward 

 here, occur every octodie of the decade : we have 

 a general invitation to them, and to her house at 

 all times ; and every morning when the weather is 

 good we assemble there to breakfast, and ride on 

 horseback to the Bois de Boulogne. 



Prince Hohenzollern and Mr. Dernidoff furnish 

 horses ; and Fanny* is in such request as a horse- 

 woman that she generally has the choice of the 

 stables. Tonight Fanny means to keep back for 

 a ball ; and tomorrrow at Mrs. Lemaistre's, an En- 

 glish lady to whom Lord Henry Petty has intro- 

 duced us. I intend going to the bal masque at the 

 opera, which commences about one in the morning, 

 and finishes about six or seven ; indeed the Pari- 

 sian hours are very terrible. We never break up 

 at Madame de Courland 1 s before five, and at most 

 other parties three or four. 



The carnival has afforded us great amusement : 

 it was the first regularly observed here since the 

 Revolution, and, as you may suppose, not wanting 

 in gaiety. 



I was presented to the First Consul by our Mi- 

 nister at the audience on Saturday. His manners 

 are extremely mild and interesting : he talked a 

 great deal to us, and paid many compliments to the 

 English nation. 



* Mr. Talbot's sister, now Countess of Morley. 



