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and the other an Englishman by birth. The commodore had 
also taken up his quarters with Madam Herries;he is a Frenchman, 
fifty-six years of age, of which he has passed forty in the West 
Indies. I carried him and the two officers to visit Governor 
Johnson, and also Bishop Dubourg. The latter appeared very 
much flattered by this visit. On going away, the Englishman 
kissed the Bishop’s hand. He, the bishop, expressed his sur¬ 
prise at receiving this testimony of respect from a protestant; to 
which the officer replied, that this reverence was paid to the 
episcopal ring. Mr, Dubourg, indeed, wore a costly amethyst 
on his finger, as a representation of the fisher’s ring. 
For some days back the weather had become oppressively warm, 
like the heat of summer. Several persons who were not accus¬ 
tomed to this degree of heat, found themselves unwell; it, how¬ 
ever, agreed with me. After a while considerable showers of 
rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning took place. The 
consequence of this was, in one way, that the mud became ex¬ 
cessively deep in the streets, but on the other hand, the river 
began to rise, which occasioned great joy in the city. Numbers 
of steam-boats, and flat-boats were looked for, with provisions 
from the western states, as they began to grow scarce and dear. 
An acquaintance very dear to me, and of which I shall always 
preserve a grateful remembrance, was that which I made with 
Baron Marigny, a creole by birth, and one of the most distin¬ 
guished inhabitants of the state. One of the suburbs of New 
Orleans was laid*out by his father, and bears his name; at the 
entrance of it, lie lives in a mansion-house, erected with taste 
and splendour. Never shall I forget the happy days, which I 
passed in the circle of his amiable family. During the troubles 
of the French revolution, the then duke of Orleans, found a refuge 
and active assistance with M. Marigny. After sometime, this gen¬ 
tleman made a voyage to France, and was well received by the 
duke, I saw at his house, a coffee-set of French china, which 
he had received from him as a present. The cups contained the 
well executed portraits of the duke, the dutchess, and their nine 
children, and upon the larger pieces were views of the palais 
royal, and of the castle and park in Neuilly. The Baron Ma¬ 
rigny, also had in his possession a very fine portrait of the duke, 
painted by Augustin, in Paris; likewise an engraving, represent¬ 
ing him, as he supported himself during his exile in Switzerland, 
by giving lessons in the mathematics. 
On the 11th of March, in a small company of ladies and gen¬ 
tlemen, I saw a cosmorama, which was set up here. It is known 
generally, to be a sort of prospect, given by being in a dark 
room, and beholding various objects, through glasses of different 
magnifying powers, This cosmorama contained ten views of 
