'fil'4 THEATRE AT PARIS. 



with lawns, and made for penhVe melancholy mortals. 

 The celebrated gallery is no longer here, but is re- 

 moved to the Louvre, where a place is allotted to it. 



From thence to the Chartreux, where, at one end 

 of the gardens, I found a traiteur, on whom I Hum- 

 bled very opportunely ; for I had been roving about, 

 as I now perceived, full four hours. It is incredible 

 how rapidly the time paffes to a perfon at Paris, from 

 the vafr. fueceffion of objects of every kind ; and then 

 a number of things, which it is neceffary for a man 

 to fee lie at the diftance of a little day's journey from 

 each other. 



At the traiteur's I endeavoured to repay myfelf for 

 my eilriofity ; but he was not patriotic enough to treat 

 me as I mould have been at fome of the eating-houfes 

 behind the Royal Exchange at London. A little beef 

 boiled to broth, a young pidgeon crufhed into a lump, 

 followed on a foup, in which the eruffcs of bread, bits 

 pf cabbage and curds, put me in mind of the apparent 

 rari nantes in gurgite vafto ; and was accompanied by 

 an oblong thick monfter, that filled a large affiette, 

 •and promifed to make me amends for the potage aux 

 choux et aux fines herbes, for the bouilli and for the 

 pigeon a la crapaudine. What is this ? faid I to the 

 garcon (for fo the waiters, marqueurs, and butlers, are 

 called, though they be lixty years old), as I thrufr. my 

 fpoon into the belly of the monfter, and found no re - 

 Jiftance. Une omelette foufrlee, returned he, et bien 

 delicieufe ! And it actually anfwered to both descrip- 

 tions. But the French conftantly make up their chofes 

 bien delicieufes with a large proportion of wind, 



I was nqt fatisfied, though full, 



I now 



