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in a judicious and careful manner, and the state of the 

 whole does great credit to M. Daride the gardener. 



We were already obliged to think of leaving this inte- 

 resting capital, and therefore paid a visit to Lafitte's bank, 

 Rue Mont Blanc. Such is the resort of English people 

 to Paris, that an appropriate office has here been establish- 

 ed for conducting their money-business, furnished with 

 English clerks. An album containing the address in Paris 

 of those who keep accounts with Lafitte, lies in the office, 

 and frequently affords an opportunity to new comers of 

 discovering the residences of their friends. 



Paris Fruit in September. 

 Having learned that the English ambassador was this 

 day to give a grand dinner to the Corps Diplomatique, and 

 that the best fruit which the Paris market could supply 

 would appear in the dessert, we called at the hotel in Rue 

 Fauxbourg St Honore, when Mr Wood, the intendant of 

 the household, most readily displayed the fruit provided 

 for the occasion. The melons were the Canteloup noir dcs 

 Carmes and Melon de Make ; but of the quality of these 

 we could not judge. The peaches were certainly excellent : 

 they consisted chiefly of the Teton de Venus, the late Ad- 

 mirable, the Chcvreusc, and the Maltese, the last mentioned 

 being accounted at this season the sweetest. The nectarines 

 were also of fine quality, particularly the Brugnon musque 

 and Grosse Violette. The plums consisted only of the St 

 Catherine and the late Damask (damas de Septembrc or 

 prune de vacance). The pears seemed confined to the red 

 and autumn Bergamot, and Grey Beurre. The grapes 

 disapjK)intcd us ; being deficient both in the size of the 

 bunches and ripeness of the berries. They consisted chief- 



