PARIS, 
the animal may be imagined, when it is mentioned that 
tile itaircafe to the tower is contained in one of the legs. 
This undertaking was commenced by order of Bonaparte ; 
but it is probable that the idea will now be relinquilhed. 
Notwithftanding that fountains areTo numerous, water 
for domeftic purpofes is dear; it is carried about in carts, 
and fold at a halfpenny a-pailfull. Our convenience of 
water-pipes under-ground is not known in Paris. 
Baths. —The frequent ufe of a warm bath is confidered 
by the French as effential to comfort and health. There 
are baths in almoft every part of the town. They confill 
of ranges of fmail rooms, each neatly fitted up with a bath, 
towels, gowns, a fire, and conveniences of every kind. 
In each bath are two pipes, one for cold and the other 
for hot water. Every perfon makes his bath as he pleafes; 
and, if he choofe to breakfaft, read the papers, or make 
a morning’s lounge in the bath-room, every thing which 
he can vvifh is furnifned from the houfe. The charge for 
the mere ufe of the bath, the room, and the neceflary 
articles for bathing, is generally is. 3d. 
On different parts of the Seine are large and elegant 
houfe-boats, fitted up as baths in a very complete man¬ 
ner. Each boat, in addition to the^baths, contains a 
kitchen and dining-room. The edge of the boat refem- 
bles a little garden, with all forts of plants, flowers, and 
trees, birds hanging in cages, and little fountains playing* 
When lighted up at night, this has a very pleafing effect. 
There are alfo Ecolesde Natation, or fwimming-fchools, 
which in the fummer are much frequented by the young 
Parifians. The art of fwimming is expeditioufly taught, 
and at a very fmail expenfe. 
Markets and Halls. —The Markets for provifions, 
and the Halls for the fale of various articles of merchan- 
dife, were formerly mean and badly conftrudted, in nar¬ 
row, dark, and dirty, fltuations, not at all proportioned 
to the daily increasing extent and population of Paris. 
Within the laft fifteen years, numerous works of this kind 
were commenced by Bonaparte, which are moflly com¬ 
pleted. 
La Halle an Bled, the Corn Market.—M. Maizieres 
conftrudted this hall in 1562, for the fale of wheat and 
other corn. It was celebrated for its circular form, the 
lightnefs of its arches, the elegance of its archite&ure, 
and its pleafing appearance both within and without. 
This building proving too fmail, it was refolved to cover 
the court, although it was no lefs than 120 feet in dia¬ 
meter. This was accompliflied by one immenfe arch. 
Being burnt down in 1802, it has been rebuilt, and co¬ 
vered in fuch a manner with (heet-copper as to prevent 
a fimilar accident; and a large floor under the cupola 
has been appropriated as a depot. The new cupola, juftly 
the theme of univerfal admiration, and theimprovements 
of this budding, colt 800,000 francs. Upon the exterior, 
and half inferted in one of the walls, is an altronomic 
column, conftrufled by order of Catharine de Medicis 
in 1571 : it is 95 feet in height; and at its bafe is a public 
fountain, and towards the fummit a fun-dial. This mar¬ 
ket is kept open on Wednefdays and Saturdays for grain, 
and every day for flour. 
Grenier de Referve, Granary of Referve.—This immenfe 
building was eredled in 1807, near the Boulevard Bour¬ 
don. It coft more than twelve millions ; and is fuppofed 
to be capable of containing fufiicient corn to fupply Paris 
for fix months. 
Halle aux Draps, the Cloth Hall, was built in 1786.— 
The entrance is by a double flight of flairs, and the vaft 
apartments in the interior are lighted by fifty windows. 
Cloth is fold every day; but linen only occafionally, and 
then for five days fucceflively, reckoning from the firll 
Monday of each month. 
Marche de Vienx Linge, Rag Fair; Rue du Temple.— 
A multitude of pillars fupport the four enormous halls 
of which this immenfe bazar is compofed. It contains 
1800 fhops, or flails. 
Loire et Depot permanent des Laines, Wool Market.— 
Vol. XVIII. No. 1259. 
4sa 
This eftablilhment, which began in June 1813, has for its 
principal objedt the favouring the progrefs of one of the 
molt important branches in the rural induftry of France, 
by infuring a ready fale, and fettinga certain value upon 
its productions. Two weekly markets are held here, on 
Wednefdays and Fridays. 
Halle anx Vms, the Wine Hall.—The ancient hall hav¬ 
ing fallen to utter ruin, Napoleon commanded the firll 
ftorieoMhe prefent magnificent depot to be laid in 18u. 
It is divided into fourteen halls and eighty-one cellars, 
and will contain 200,000 hoglheads of wine. It conlifls 
of three large piles of building: the principal of thefe runs 
along the Rue St. Vidlor; but the offices are unon the 
Quai St. Bernard. All the foreign wine intended'for the 
conlumption of Paris is brought to this vaft entrepot. 
Halle a la Viande, the Flefli Market; is open on Wed¬ 
nefdays and Saturdays for butchers’ meat, and every day 
for poultry, giblets, &c. 
In the Carre.au de la Halle, near the Rue de la Tonnel- 
lerie, from two in the morning till nine, river and fea-fifh 
are fold wholefale. Cheefe is fold on Tuefdays, Wed¬ 
nefdays, and Saturdays. Bread is alfo brought here by 
country bakers, and butter from Gournay and Ifignv. 
Eggs are fold on Wednefdays and Saturdays. 
A new market called the Mar chi des Pronvuires, has 
lately been opened for the fale of butchers meat. It is on 
a large fcale, and excellently planned. The pork-market 
is on Wednefday and Saturday. 
Marclii « la Volatile, the Poultry Market ; Rue des 
Grands Auguftins.—Nothing can be more elegant than 
this edifice, confifting of four galleries, feparated by four 
ranks of pillars, and forming innumerable arcades. Be¬ 
tween the pillars are placed iron railings with numerpus 
gates. The building is 190 feet long, and 14.1 wide. A 
frefh aflortment of poultry and game ufually arrives every 
Monday, Wednefday, Friday, and Saturday. 
Marche St. Jofeph, St. Jofeph’s Market; Rue Mont¬ 
martre.—This little market was built in 1794, on the fite 
of a chapel dedicated to St. Jofeph. Moliere and La Fon¬ 
taine had been buried here ; and their remains are now 
trodden underfoot by the venders of poultry and fifli. 
Marclii des Innocens, between les Rues de la Ferronerie 
et aux Fers.—Here, in the ninth century, a tower was 
(landing for the purpofe of warning Paris of the hoftile 
approach of the Normans. This being deftroyed, the 
place was converted into a burial-ground, and more than 
half of the population of Paris was interred here. A 
church dedicated to the Innocents was likewife built. 
In 1785 this church was demolifhed ; and the putrid ex¬ 
halations which fpread around rendered it neceflary to 
fliut up the cemetery, which had long been a feandal and 
a nuifance to the very centre of the city. It was there¬ 
fore determined to remove the bones, and to convert the 
vaft expanfe into a market for vegetables. In the centre 
is a beautiful fountain, which has already been defcribed. 
Marche aux Fruits, the Fruit-market, Quai de Tour- 
nelle.—This market is well fupplied every day with fuch 
fruits as are in feafon, moft part of which arrive by water. 
Marche aux Fleurs, the Flower-market; Quai Deflaix. 
—This is the empire of Flora; and the beautiful coup 
d’ceil which it prefents in fpring-time, on Wednefdays 
and Saturdays, about five or fix in the morning, is fcarcely 
conceivable. Two fountains here are well adapted for 
watering thefe flowers, &c. during the heat of fummer ; 
the only works of art that are to be leen among thefe 
beauties of nature. 
Marche St. Germain ; Enclos de la Foire.—On a fpot 
which was once occupied by a multitude of the meaneft 
huts, and which was the refort of the lowed orders of the 
diffolute and abandoned, an edifice, defigned as-a mar¬ 
ket, and which promifes to be fpacious, elegant, and 
Commodious, was begun in 1813, and is probably com¬ 
pleted by this time. 
Marclii aux Chevaux, the Horfe Market; Boulevard de 
l’Hopital.—Held on the afternoons of Wednefday and Sa¬ 
fi I turday. 
