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a fine church. We breakfasted at the queer old town 
of Beauvais, where there is a fine cathedral, of which 
I had a pretty good view. My breakfast (déjeuner 
a la fourchette, which is the next thing to a dinner) 
cost three and a half franes, for on this route you 
meet with very English charges. I wished to say 
something about the country, but have not room. Suf- 
fice it to say that we passed through the town of St. 
Denis late in the afternoon, where I did not even get 
a glimpse of the very ancient cathedral, and arrived 
at Paris just before nightfall. After dinner, in com- 
pany with a fellow-passenger, a young Englishman, I 
gratified a long-felt curiosity by strolling through the 
Palais Royal and some of the principal streets of Paris. 
On Sunday I attended church in the morning (after a 
vain attempt to find the American Chapel) at the Rev. 
Mr. Sayer’s English Episcopal Chapel, where I heard 
a good sermon ; and in the evening at the Methodist 
Chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Toase preached a truly ex- 
cellent discourse from Jeremiah viii. 13. All the shops 
were open just as on any other day, and the gardens 
and parks were all crowded. This morning I went 
down to the Jardin des Plantes, stopping by the way 
to see the ancient church of Notre-Dame, where I heard 
a portion of the Catholic service chanted. oie 
last, after looking at many other buildings sin iets 
of curiosity, about which I will tell you more presently, 
I reached the garden, found Decaisne, who could 
speak no English, and I almost no French; so he took 
me to Adrien de Jussieu, who makes out to speak very 
tolerable English, and to understand me pretty well. 
I left soon to call on Mr. Webb, ! who is an English- 
1 Philip Barker Migs 1793-1854 ; a “ distinguished English bota- 
nist residing in Pari vast and varied knowledge. He =i 
one of the largest ecb, bequeathed to the Duke of Tuscan 
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