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it was my turn. So securing identification papers and 

 all necessary articles I started, in company with the 

 late Mr. Herman Roth, who was to be guide, inter- 

 preter and companion. He had crossed the Atlantic 

 thirty-five times, and could speak twelve languages ; 

 was familiar with all points of interest, and seemed 

 never to tire of showing them to me. 



I bought New York exchange in Nashville, Tenn., 

 and carried same to Brown Bros.' banking house on 

 Wall Street and bought with it a letter of credit, which 

 enabled me to draw money at any city in Europe, so 

 numerous were the branch houses. We then looked 

 for ship, but found none would leave for Spain within 

 ten days, so to save time concluded to take passage 

 next day on a French mail ship bound for Havre, 

 France. After eight days and nine hours we were 

 landed at the beautiful city, some of whose streets 

 are paved with water. 



While the object of our trip was jacks and jennets 

 we could not miss the opportunity of seeing the many 

 sights, so after taking in Havre, we started for Paris. 

 In a visit to the zoological garden there I saw the 

 skeleton of a whale ninety-two feet long, whose jaw- 

 bone was nineteen feet long; and the largest boa- 

 constrictors I ever saw — the diameter was not less 

 than six inches. The art gallery with its beauties 

 charmed by the hour, but time was precious so on 

 we went, only to stop and stand in awe at the grandeur 

 of Eiffel Tower. Here we were disappointed at not 

 being able to ascend, as it was being painted and 

 closed to visitors. 



The next point of special interest was Switzerland 

 with its most beautiful lake Lucerne, encircled by lofty 



