The Prince de Conde". 107 



Comte de Sparre, a French gentleman, and left the 

 stage. 



When MM. Arago and Biot came to England to 

 continue the French arc of the meridian through 

 Great Britain, they were warmly received by the 

 scientific men in London, and we were always in- 

 vited to meet them by those whom we knew. They 

 had been told of my turn for science, and that I had 

 read the works of La Place. Biot expressed his 



surprise at my youth. 



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One summer Somerville proposed to make a tour 

 in Switzerland, so we set off, and on arriving 

 at Chantilly we were told that we might see the 

 chateau upon giving our cards to the doorkeeper. 

 On reading our name, Mademoiselle de Rohan came 

 to meet us, saying that she had been at school in 

 England with a sister of Lord Somerville's, and was 

 glad to see any of the family. She presented us to 

 the Prince de Conde', a fine-looking old man, who 

 received us very courteously, and sent the lord-in- 

 waiting to show us the grounds, and especially the 

 stables, the only part of the castle left in its regal 

 magnificence after the Revolution. The Prince and 

 the gentleman who accompanied us wore a gaudy 

 uniform like a livery, which we were told was the 

 Chantilly uniform, and that at each palace belonging 



