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Captain P and Mr. W would 



not be with me for some days, and I de- 

 termined upon employing the interim in 

 running down to L'Orient, another large 

 seaport town of some importance, al- 

 though its docks and naval arsenals 

 are not upon so extensive a scale as 

 at Brest. 



The distance from Quimper to L'Orient 

 is about thirty miles. This latter town is 

 delightfully and romantically situated in a 

 bight of the bay of Port Louis— it may be 

 called a basin, for it is hemmed in by the 

 land. An extensive trade is carried on in 

 grain and fish. Here you have the Sar- 

 dinia in perfection as well as at Quimper. 



The Lion d' Or is an excellent hotel, 

 and inconceivably cheap — the table d'hote 

 an excellent one— the price for an habitue, 

 or regular customer, is thirty-five francs 

 per month for breakfast and dinner. The 

 casual visitor pays thirty sous for each 



