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The refreshments were very so-so, but we found the 

 charges extremely moderate. 



Monday, 8th. — After an unsatisfactory break- 

 f\ist, left Newhaven by the " Dieppe" steamer, at a 

 quarter to ten, and, after an unpleasant voyage 

 over a nasty chopping sea, we arrived at Dieppe 

 at four P.M. 



Put up at the Hotel de Londres, where we got 

 some refreshment, and at seven P.M. started by train 

 to Paris, via Eouen. 



Arrived at Paris at midnight, and put up at the 

 Hotel des Deux Mondes, Eue d'Antin, where we 

 got very handsomely furnished suites of rooms, and 

 a very fair supper before we turned in. 



Tuesday, 9th. — Sir William F , the President 



of our Association, a jolly old Baronet from the 

 north of England, and another member joined us, 

 having gone on a couple of days in advauce. He 

 rather shocked our nerves by telling us that the 

 French authorities had seized his English powder, 

 and would not allow him to have it on payment of 

 any duty. It was in vain he showed a letter from 

 the French ambassador in London, authorising the 

 carriage of arms and ammunition through France ; 

 they ignored his authority, and kept the powder. 

 This piece of news made us all look very blue, for 

 we had a hundredweight amongst our traps, which 

 we looked upon as our greatest treasure, and we 

 held a consultation as to what had best be done 

 under the circumstances. We also had a letter to 



