194 TRAVELLING MEMORAKDUMS. Tllue 15 



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 that, in the mode of the fouth of England, every ar- 

 ticle is charged feparately — yet I was far from difla- 

 tisfied — ^or my accommodation and entertainment have 

 been remarkably good. 



I now approach to Paris, and recolleft that on all 

 this route I have not feen one male waiter — only one 

 landlord has made his appearance — and, alack a day ! 

 not one pretty girl — In this country all kinds of vehi- 

 cles on the high-roads mud give way to poft-carriages, 

 by the King's ordinance, which is conftantly obferved 

 — Our commonality are apt to fpurn at frrch ufcful re- 

 gulations — If they had a proper fenfe of liberty, they 

 would at leafl: be as well difpofed to obey the acls of 

 our Icgifliuure, as the French are to revere the royal 

 ediiEls. 



i6th September. Without any inftance of ill ufage 

 or impofition in the courfe of this journey (except that 

 at the poft-houfe, firft ftage from Chantilly, they ex- 

 acted 36 fous for my breaktaft, which is more than 

 double the uiual rate), I this day arrived in Paris, at 

 the Hotel de York — The landlord is a very fenlible 

 civil man — His wife, well qualified for her flalion, is 

 Englifh ; and he fpeaks the language well, though born 

 at Dunkirk — I have two handfome apartments for my- 

 felf» and fufficient accommodation adjoining for my two' 

 Servants, at one Louis d'or and a halt per week — I pay 

 fifteen livres a day for a good chariot, two horfes, and 

 driver — The late icarcity of fodder occafioned an edi<3:, 

 which authoriles, for a limited time, a rife in the rates 

 of hired horfes, both on the pod roads and in cities — 

 I have fettled terms with a reputable Traiteur, at the 

 rate of five livres, when alone, and fix livres a-head, 

 when 1 have company — I am very well ferved, and fo 

 plentifully, that the fragments are always fufficient 

 for the ufe of my fervants — I am well ferved with 

 wines, by my obliging countryman Mr. Maclagan, 

 who is ia company with Monfieur Bouffee, prefently at 



