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PARIS. 
Fanchon la Veilleule, Boulevard du Mont Parnaffe; Le 
Salon de Varlet, Boulevard de l’Hopital; the Great Ro¬ 
tunda, in the Elyfian Fields; and thole at Vaugirard, 
under the walls of Paris to the weft. The ftranger will 
probably occafionally look in at fome of thefe places, for 
there he will form the molt correct idea of the real cha¬ 
racters and manners of the mafs of the French people. 
BRIDGES, QUAYS, AQUEDUCTS, MARKETS, See. 
Pont Neuf, the New Bridge.—“Of all the bridges,” 
fays Sterne, “ it muft be acknowledged that the grandeft, 
the lighted, the longeft, and the broadeft, that ever joined 
land to land, is the Pont Neuf.” The firft ftone of this 
bridge was laid by Henry III. in 1578 ; and the founda¬ 
tion of the piles was begun to be formed on the oppolite 
fide, when the troubles of the League forced the architect, 
De Cerceau, to withdraw to foreign countries. The u'ork 
was not refumed rill the reign of Henry IV. it was finilhed 
in 1674.. The length of the bridge is 1020 feet, and its 
breadth 72 feet, which is fufficient to admit of five car¬ 
riages palling abreaft; it is formed of twelve arches, feven 
of which are on the fide of the Louvre, and live on the 
fide of the Quai des Auguftins, extending over the two 
channels of the river, which is wider in this place, from 
their junClion. In 1775 the parapets were repaired, and 
the footway lowered and narrowed. Soufflot, the archi¬ 
tect of the Pantheon, availed himfelf of the opportunity 
to build, on the twenty half-moons which Hand immedi¬ 
ately above each pile, as many rotundas, in ftone, to ferve 
as fhops. On the outlide, above the arches, is a double 
cornice, which attracts the eye of the connoiffeur in ar¬ 
chitecture, notwithllanding its mouldering ftate, on ac¬ 
count of the fieurons in the antique Ityle, and the heads 
of fylvans, dryads, and fatyrs, which ferve as fupports to 
it, at the diftance of two feet from each other. As the 
mole that forms a projection on this bridge, between the 
fifth and the feventh arch, Hands facing the Place Dau- 
phine, which was built by Henry IV. it was chofen for 
ereCting to him a ftatue, which was the firft public mo¬ 
nument of the kind that had been railed by the French 
in honour of their kings. The ftatue was of brafs, re- 
prefenting the king on horfeback. It was ereCted in 1635. 
The figure of the king was beautiful, and of excellent 
workmanlhip ; it was call by Dupre. The horfe was exe¬ 
cuted by the famous Jean de Boulogne. Cofino II. duke 
of Tufcany made a prefent of this fine piece of foundery 
to Mary de Medicis, then queen dowager and regent of 
France. Although the portraiture of the king did great 
honour to Dupre, yet the greateft praife was generally 
bellowed upon the horfe ; which circumftance gave occa- 
fion to the following epigram : 
Que fert-il que Paris, an bord de ce canal, 
Expofe de nos rois ce grand original, 
Qui iqut fi bien regner, qui feut fi bien combattre ? 
On ne parle point de Henri-quatre, 
On ne parle que du cheval. 
At the beginning of the revolution, the ftatue of this 
beloved king was pulled down, and a coloflal figure of 
Victory, or Liberty, or fome other fafliionable lady, was 
ereCted on the fpot. But this difappeared with the glory 
of Napoleon 5 and, when the king entered Paris in 1814, 
a plafter-caft of the former equeltrian ftatue was fabricated 
with aftonilhing celerity, and put up immediately ; and 
there it remained, according to Tronchet’s Guide to Paris, 
(6th edit.) in 1817; but Planta’s Picture, (12th edit.) 
.1820, tells us, that an obelilk, 180 feet high, ltands there. 
This bridge is incelfantly crowded with palfengers, and 
exhibits a bufy and interelling feene. It is the favourite 
refort of itinerant fruiterers and pedlars of every deferip- 
tion, who line each fide of it, and force the attention of 
the pafiengcr by the molt exaggerated and deafening hif- 
tory of the excellence of their wares. The dealer in books 
is polled next to the vender of hot faufages or fried plaice. 
JBefide him is the polilher of Ihoes, while his neighbour 
offers the molt delicate cakes and preferves, Beyond him 
is a print-merchant, with engravings of every price, and 
fuited to every tafte. He is elbowed by a ballad-finger or 
a hawker of news. No fooner has the traveller efcaped 
from his liarlh and difcordant note, than he is annoyed 
by the importunity of fome canine tonfor, who, for a 
fmall gratuity, will clip his poodle, or his barbette, to 
the very height of the falhion. The profelfors of this 
laft art are numerous in Paris; and fome of them enjoy as 
much reputation, and reap as much emolument, as the 
fcientific and juftly-celebrated profeflbr of canine and 
animal medicine in the weftern part of the Englilh metro¬ 
polis. 
To the eaft of Pont Neuf the fmall iflands in the mid¬ 
dle of the Seine are connected to its banks by feveral 
bridges ; to the weft there are two, the Pont Royal and 
the Pont Louis Seize, both of which have been already 
deferibed. 
Pont Notre Dame, Our Lady’s Bridge.—This is 
fituated at the extremity of the Quay de la Megifferie. 
It was called in the fourteenth century, Pont clela Planche 
Milray , and leads from Rue Planche Milray to the city. 
It was rebuilt, on the plan of a cordelier named Joconde, 
under the reign of Charles XII. in 1499. Sixty-one 
brick houfes, which it formerly bore, were taken down in 
1786. In the middle is a pump, which fupplies molt of 
the fountains of Paris. 
Petit Pont, the Little Bridge.—This bridge forms a 
communication between Rue St. Jacques and the city. 
The time of its foundation is uncertain. It exifted in 
the time of the Gauls; and when Lutetia was rebuilt by 
the Romans, a fortrefs was ereCted at its extremity. It 
was eight times carried away by floods; and in 1718 it 
was deftroyed by fire in four hours, together with all 
the houfes upon it 1 the conflagration originated from 
two boats laden with hay, which had anchored underone 
of its arches. In 1719 it was rebuilt, unencumbered by 
houfes. 
Pont Marie, Mary’s Bridge; near the Quai des Ormes. 
This ltruClure was fo named after the builder, who ereCted 
it in the reign of Henry IV. It was partly deftroyed in 
1658, but afterwards repaired, and quite diverted of houfes 
in 1789. 
Pont de la Tournelle. —Stands on the quay bearing 
that name, and was fo called from the caftle which ad¬ 
joined the gate of St. Bernard. The character of its ar¬ 
chitecture is very grand. It communicates from the port 
of St. Bernard to the ifland of St. Louis. It is the third 
bridge that has been ereCted on this fpot. A wooden 
bridge, which exifted in 1369, gradually decayed. A fe- 
cond wooden bridge was carried away by the ice. The 
city of Paris caufed this of ftone to be built in 1656. 
Pont du Jardin des Plantes, originally Pont d'Auf- 
terlitz. —This modern bridge forms a communication be¬ 
tween the Boulevard of Bourdon and the Garden of 
Plants. It was completed in 1807. The piles are of ftone, 
and the arches of call iron. It has an air of great foli- 
dity and ftrength. A toll is exaCted from all palfengers. 
There is an extenfive view to the eaft over the country 
bordering on the Seine ; and to the weft over the port of 
St. Bernard, and the beautiful quays of the ifland of St. 
Louis. 
The name of this bridge was altered on the arrival of 
the allied troops in Paris ; but the Auftrians blew up part 
of the bridge before the authorities in Paris confented to 
the alteration. 
Pont des Invalides, originally Pont Jena. —This 
bridge, oppofite the Champ de Mars, was begun in 1806, 
and has not long been finilhed. It confifts of five arches 
of equal fize, and happily combines elegance with ftrength. 
On the fecond entrance of the allies into Paris, Blucher, 
offended at the name given to the bridge, ordered it to 
be blown up : it was, however, preferved by the prompt 
interference of the allied lbvereigns. It leads from the 
Champ de Mars to a precipitous chalk-cliif on the other 
