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" Monday, 8th. After an unsatisfactory breakfast, 

 left Newhaven by the " Dieppe " steamer, at a 

 quarter to 10, and, after an unpleasant voyage 

 over a nasty chopping sea, we arrived at Dieppe 

 at 4 P.M. 



Put up at the Hotel de Londres, where we got 

 some refreshment, and at 7 P.M. started by train to 

 Paris, via Rouen. 



Arrived at Paris at midnight, and put up at the 

 Hotel des Deux Mondes, Rue 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 advance. 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 the chef au 



