S80 HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



t<x> certain that not more than a fortieth part of them fre- 

 quent the church. 



In returning to our lodgings, we found the market of 

 the Innocents rather crowded ; but fruit and nosegays were 

 almost the only articles now selling. 



Halle au BU. 

 The great Hour-market, or Halle au Ble, was also open 

 This is a vast covered rotunda, about 150 feet in diame- 

 ter, and lighted from the roof. Before the establishment 

 of this depot, a sudden and accidental scarcity of flour of- 

 ten produced alarm and consternation throughout Paris, 

 without the slightest foundation. Here a great store is al- 

 ways kept, not only of wheat, but of flour ready for the 

 bakers. Bread, we may remark, is comparatively little 

 used in Holland ; in Flanders the consumption is nearly 

 equal, in proportion, to that of England ; in France it is 

 certainly much greater. " Du pain"" is one of the most 

 frequent demands to be heard at the tablc-d'hote or the re- 

 staurateur's. The Halle was accidentally burnt down in 

 1802 : the new one has been greatly improved, timber be- 

 ing now altogether excluded from the structure, and the 

 roof formed of cast-iron arches and plates of sheet-copper. 



Tivoli Gardens. 

 In the afternoon we took a walk along the Rue de 

 Chaussee d'Antin, which has been raised to celebrity by 

 the Paris Spectator. In the Rue St Lazare we noticed 

 the gate of the Tivoli Gardens, of which we had often 

 heard the praises ; and we took this opportunity of view- 

 ing them. The price of admission (between three and four 

 francs) seemed high ; but we afterwards learned that this 

 wbm to be a gala night, and though no company had yet 



