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liancy of the toilettes; the ever-moving panorama of 

 new faces on the great promenade ; the nobility of the 

 land, occasionally mixing with the nobility of com- 

 merce ; the subdued "good form," ways of this English 

 fashionable crowd, so different from the gay, noisy 

 votaries of fashion, I had met at some of the French 

 watering places, or on the Boulevards Italiens, left a 

 pleasurable, a lasting impression on my mind. 



On the south cliff of the Spa, there are numerous, 

 ornate dwellings ; most conspicuous, the Prince of 

 Wales' Terrace. I ascended there by means of the lift 

 or elevator, an easy and much used mode of communi- 

 cation between this lofty ridge and the promenade 

 below ; the view and the elevator reminded me power- 

 fully of our Upper and Lower Town and of our Quebec 

 elevator. 



Scarborough is famous for its saline springs, its piers 

 jetting far out in the sea and which afford to the dis- 

 ciples of fashion many pleasant Ute-a-Ute. The town is 

 separated in two parts by a valley, but connected by two 

 bridges which obviate the necessity of descent of the one 

 hill and ascent of the other. A lofty situation, rugged 

 scenery and historical souvenirs, in my opinion award 

 it the palm over her luxurious, more ancient and more 

 wealthy rival, Brighton, the holiday resort of great 

 London. 



VEKSAILLES. 



Let us bid adieu to the white cliffs of old England, 

 the Island-home of a free people, of a privileged, exclu- 

 sive but educated nobility, tracing back to William the 

 Norman, the seat of learning as well as the paradise 

 of wealth, civilization and commerce. 



Let us steer for Dieppe, Eouen, the sunny banks 

 of the Seine, for brilliant, gay Paris. 



Here we are comfortably housed in the Hotel Binda, 

 Rue de I'Echelle, close to the Avenue de V Optra not 

 very far from the royal Louvre, the Champs-Elysees, 



