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they plough and fill the dung-cart. Lombardy poplars seem/ 

 \ to have been introduced here about the same time as in England.! 



Picquigny has been the scene of a remarkable transaction, 

 that does great honour to the tolerating spirit of the French 

 nation. IMonsieur Colmar^ a Jew, bought the seignory and 

 estate, including the viscounty of Amiens, of the Duke of 

 Chaulnes, by \irtue of which he appoints the canons of the 

 cathedral of Amiens. The bishop resisted his nomination, and 

 it was carried by appeal to the parliament of Paris, whose 

 decree was in favour of Monsieur Colmar. The immediate 

 seignory of Picquigny, but without its dependencies, is resold 

 to the Count d'Artois. 



At Amiens, view the cathedral, said to be built by the English; 

 it is very large and beautifully light and decorated. They are 

 fitting it up in black drapery, and a great canopy, with illumi- 

 nations for the burial of the Prince de Tingry, colonel of the 

 regiment of cavalry whose station is here. To view this was 

 an object among the people, and crowds were at each door. I 

 was refused entrance, but some officers being admitted, gave 

 orders that an English gentleman without should be let in, and 

 I was called back from some distance and desired very politely 

 to enter, as they did not know at first that I was an Englishman. 

 These are but trifles, but they show liberality; and it is fair to 

 report them. If an Englishman receives attentions in France, 

 because he is an Englishman, what return ought to be made to 

 a Frenchman in England is sufficiently obvious. The chateau 

 d'eau, or machine for suppl}-ing Amiens with water, is worth 

 viewing; but plates only could give an idea of it. The town 

 abounds with woollen manufactures. I conversed with several 

 masters, who united entirely with those of Abbeville in con- 

 demning the treaty of commerce. — 15 miles. 



2yd. To Breteuil the country is di\ersified, woods every- 

 where in sight the whole journey. — 21 miles. 



24th. A flat and uninteresting chalky country continues 

 almost to Clermont: where it improves; is hilly and has wood. 

 The view of the town, as soon as the dale is seen, with the Duke 

 of Fitzjames's plantations, is pretty. — 24 miles. 



25//?. The environs of Clermont are picturesque. The hills 

 about Liancourt are pretty ; and spread with a sort of cultivation 

 I had never seen before, a mixture of vineyard (for here the 

 vines first appear), garden, and corn. A piece of wheat; a 

 scrap of lucerne ; a patch of clover or vetches ; a bit of vines ; 

 with cherry and other fruit trees scattered among all, and 



