$-00 iPALAIS ROYAL. 



The hall itfelt is fimple, but prettily decorated, and 

 we fee no fewer than eight mirrors, neither of whigk is 

 ihort of five feet high. In the centre ftands a large 

 Hove, ornamented with porcelain and looking -glaffes. 

 This warms the room in winter, and in fummer keeps 

 Hp a gentle draught. 



The bill of fare that lies before me mentions in all 

 one hundred and fourteen dimes, including the foup, 

 and what are called the entremets, which are ferved 

 after the roafl, and which we comprehend among vege- 

 tables, puddings, &c. The important catalogue begins 

 with the potage, and of thefe I find no lefs than feven 

 forts; then come the patifTeries of feveral kinds; next 

 the fifn, and thefe are of fix fpecies ; after them the 

 entrees to tlie number of two-and-fifty ; then follow 

 the hors d'oeuvres, confining of citrons, pickles, green 

 plives, &c. next cpme the roafts, and of them are eight 

 forts ; to thefe fueceed the entremets, of which there 

 are eight-and-thirty; then the deferts, full twenty in 

 number ; upon them follow the wines of nine-and- 

 twenty denominations; and laftly, the liqueurs of which 

 I count fifteen various forts. You may fhake your 

 head, if you pleafe ; I fhall bring the bill with me. 



On your entering the hall, the waiters immediately 

 watch in which quarter you take your feat. There are 

 fix of them, and each has a certain number of tables 

 under his care. No fooner are you feated, then one 

 of them comes fkipping up to you, faying, as he handf, 

 you the mighty bill of fare : Voila la carte, monfieur. 

 You take it, and in a moment what you order is before 

 you, You chufe from among, the dimes whatever you 

 pleafe, and even the mpft delicate and: troublefome is 



