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which would be cleaner than your making a 

 spittoon of the room !" 



The liquors, or drinks, having been disposed of, 

 we breakfasted, over which one of our American 

 cousins confidentially informed us, " that they 

 had at that present moment more ships in their 

 little river, the Missipp-pi, than would tow our 

 little island across the broad Atlantic, we 'ave, 

 by G d, stranger." 



We left Havre that afternoon ; and a 

 hearty farewell was given us by Captain Willum. 

 Some few days afterwards, we found ourselves 

 at Sfc. Malo, a dirty town, so we took up our 

 quarters at St. Servan, close by, at the Union 

 Hotel, kept by Madame Berne and Mrs. Cusack. 

 Everything here was pretty clean and comfortable, 

 and we found several English and Irish gentle- 

 men, and learned from them that the St. Malo 

 races would take place in a few days, that a 

 hurdle-race and steeple-chase were open, and 

 that we could enter our horses during the next 

 two days. 



The races, we found on enquiry, were to be 

 held on the sands. "Hang it," said Debenham, 

 " I don't know if the horses will run there, it is 



