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the forms nor quality of painting were inferior 
those of the Seves, except that having no vent for, 
they did not employ themselves in those expensive 
works of ornament which occupy the artists of Pa¬ 
ris ; to give you some idea of which, I will Just 
mention a set of China now here, and made for 
Lord Oxford, each plate of which cost 17 guineas 
the first hand. This fabric of L’Orient is worthy of 
mention, because as we indulge ourselves in the 
luxury of French China, on account of the beauty 
of its forms, we may obtain the sort we use front 
thence cheaper, and at much less risk of breakage, 
and not inferior in quality to that exported from 
hence, I ha ve sent to Dr, Mitchill samples of the 
earth made use of in this manufacture. Could it 
be found in our state, it w'ould be very easy to-seed 
you artists who would gladly go over to work it. 
The market of L’Orient is one of the best I have 
seen in France. It abounds in sea and river fish, 
poultry and game. The carcases of beef and mut¬ 
ton are small but fat, and the last, of the finest Sa¬ 
vor of any I have met with either here or in A- 
merica, where, by the bye, the mutton is incom¬ 
parably better than at Paris. Fruit is also very 
plentiful and very fine. Perhaps the adoption of 
the form of their markets might contribute to the 
health of our cities. It does not at L’Orient, nor 
at any other place which I have seen in France, 
consist as with us in a building appropriated to that 
purpose. The market women (for no men engage 
in this employment) assemble in a square, in the 
