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enced this day no lets than three very agreeaMe inftan- 

 ces — About haU way on the firft llage, we Diet a ^joft- 

 chaife ; both poftillions ftopt to exchange horfes — a 

 practice ufual, and veiy convenient, tor obvious rea- 

 sons — I law, in the other polt-chaife, a gentle- 

 man of a very pre-engaging appearance — He h„d niuch 

 the Jiir of a vveU-bred pcrfon, and the drefs of a milita- 

 ry man of diftindiion — He dropt fome queftions to my 

 fervant in Englilli, which he fpoke e.-lilv, though be 

 had never been in England — 1 took the hint; a cunver- 

 fation enfued, which lould not be lulling ; — but to me it 

 was very aggreeable — I g^ve him the firil intelligence of 

 our commeicial treaty, at which he exprelFed great latif- 

 faction in the politell terms — He recocnmenaed Artns 

 de la Pays at Lyon, as an excellent and reafouabie hottl — 

 My fetoiid interview was with a prielt, as we both 

 ■walked on the defcent of the hill above menttoned — He 

 appe-tred to be a decent, fcnfible man ; and alio expreff- 

 ed, in liberal terms, his joy to hear of tne commeicial 

 treaty witii Biitain — My third interview was with a 

 genteel-looking man, who walked about while I wait- 

 ed for poft horfes at St. Albion — I underltood tnat he 

 had the management of an ellatt , the property of a mo- 

 naftery, in that neighbourhood — He invited me to take 

 fome refrelhment at his houfe adjoining — -I exculed my^ 

 felf, by teliing him I was impatient to get on to a warm 

 climate for health — It was then furprifingiy cold — He 

 told me, in that part of the country, the climate, from 

 local circumltances, is unfavou'rahie, and that I ihould 

 find no material alteration till after I pafTed Lyons — 

 For fome time, I have paid four livres for breakfafl— 

 He informed me, that this is the fettled rate for travel- 

 lers by poft, though lefs than the one half was com- 

 monly exafted from others — A.t my evening inn, the 

 bill was very moderate ; and here I find the white 

 giapesare exquifitc — 1 have no wiiere yet found a mel- 

 low and higiiiy-flavoured red grape. N. B. At Lyons, 

 I found them excellent. 



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