400 COFFEE. 



At Paris, a special committee exists, compoEed of philanthropists whose aim is 

 to extend the use of this new article of food. The founder of this committee, 

 M. Deoroix, has placed at its disposal the sum of 1,100 francs and a medal of 

 honor, to be awarded to the person who first opens and carries on an establish- 

 ment in London for the sale of horse-meat. (For information address Mr. 

 George Fleming, Veterinary Surgeon, Brompton Barracks, Chatham ; or M. 

 Decroix, 5 Rue Saint Benoit, Paris.)' " 



One rainy day I set out npon this mission. My first move was 

 to call upon M. Decroix, 6 Eue Saint Benoit, but that gentleman 

 was absent from home — at the veterinary oflBce of the Mounted 

 Garde de Paris, I was told — and to the veterinary office I pro- 

 ceeded in search of him. Here I was again disappointed, how- 

 ever, in seeing M. Decroix, but a gentlemanly assistant in the office, 

 in answer to my inquiries, kindly furnished me with the address 

 of one of the largest horse-meat butchers, for whose office I at 

 once started. 



M. Tetaed, 



Boucherie de Cheval, 



Eue de Paris 133, 



Pantdt, 



was the address, and before I got there I had it vividly im- 

 pressed upon me that Paris is a great city. Mile after mile we 

 rolled along, every now and then turning into a long boulevard, 

 which I thought must certainly be the last one. Scanning the 

 retail butchers' shops that we passed, I occasionally saw the sign 

 "Boucherie de Cheval" displayed, with an array of meat that 

 looked, however, very like that ordinarily sold. Pinally we reached 

 the Hue de Paris, and following it until we reached the " chemin- 

 de-fer de ceinture " (circular railway around the city), we passed 

 this, also the inner line of fortifications, and I found myself at 

 'No. 133. Here, however, I only found the' residence of Mon- 

 sieur Tetard, the abattoir was a mile further on ; this mile, how- 

 ever was soon traversed, and presently a long, low structure came 

 in sight, upon which was painted " achat du cheval pour alimenta- 

 tion " (horses bought for food). The proprietor was absent, but, 

 presenting my card to the person in charge, I was shown the 

 abattoir, which was like any other establishment of the kind, ex- 



