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tents freely to the officials at the French custom-house, and 
give them your name,without note or comment. Procure, 
on landing, a good sandwich, or a roll and cheese, and let it 
stand for a dinner on your journey to Paris. Ale and porter 
the French know little about, hut for 2d. you can get 
as good a glass of brandy and water as you pay in England 
Is. for. If it be desirable to stop on the route, have the 
name of the town written on a card, show this to the railway 
officials, and they will set you down. Avoid reaching Paris 
late at night, and let the porters see the address of your 
lodgings, if you have one, and they will put you into the 
proper omnibus. Should it be asked, “ How little could a man 
go and return comfortably for to Paris, and be absent a 
week ? ” I would say 50s. provided the fares are the same as 
they used to be. 
£ s. d. 
Return ticket.140 
Board and lodging, 3s. per day .. .. 1 1 0 
Extras . 5 0 
£2 10 0 
An agreement for board and lodging at 3s. per day may 
be made at several second-rate hotels, or a comfortable bed¬ 
room can be had at lOd. per night, and the party cater for 
himself. Dinners at the Restaurant may be set down 
at lOd. each, and coffee, with bread and butter, at 
5d. Dishes cooked English fashion should not be asked 
for. 
The geography of Paris is easy to understand ; the river 
Seine passes through it the same as the Thames in London. 
In the streets running east and west, the houses are num¬ 
bered from the east; those running north and south are 
numbered from the Seine. The numbers on the right 
hand side of the streets are all even, as 2 4 G ; those 
on the left all odd, as 1 3 5; by means of this clue, a 
person may always know in what direction he is going. 
Omnibuses are the'best and cheapest mode of conveyance; 
they are worked by two companies in correspondence, and 
are 3d. each, go where you will; one set run north and 
south, the other east and west, and where these lines inter¬ 
sect each other, there is usually an office, so that if, for 
instance, you get into a north omnibus, and want to go 
east or west, they will set you down at the office crossing, 
where you exchange your ticket, and the right omnibus 
coming up, takes you without additional expence to your 
destination. 
A map of Paris may be purchased for 5d., and an official 
Railway Guide (L’indicateur) for 2d. It contains all the rail¬ 
ways in France; but the main difficulty with an Englishman 
is distances, vdtich are Kilometres, and may be solved 
thus:—halve the distance, and add the left hand figure 
or figures, for instance, 00 kilometres, half is 30, add the 
6 =30 miles; or to be exact to an inch, multiply the distance 
by 5, and divide by 8, as a kilometre is -|ths of an English 
mile. 
It is needless to point out objects of interest, as these 
depend upon taste ; but there are five flower markets, each 
held on a different day, and the Jardin des Plantes, which 
should be visited. All honour to the French gardeners; 
I have seen many of their gardens, and invariably met with 
marked civility ; may it be the endeavour of their English 
brethren to reciprocate the feeling. Gardening, in France, 
has not reached so high a standard as with us; but it is hard 
if a man cannot meet with some floral production different, 
if not superior, to what he has seen before ; and he should 
obtain a plant or seeds. Postage is low, and perhaps a 
connection might be formed for the purpose of mutual ex¬ 
changes. Lastly; amid the numerous objects in Paris 
attracting attention, select those which are profitable and 
useful; make notes of these, for impressions fade. It is 
doubling the pleasure to be able to live over again among 
bright ideas and agreeable recollections. In short, unite 
instruction with pleasure, this gives permanence to enjoy¬ 
ment, and the stock will he improved by the graft.—S. P., 
Rushmere. 
SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
( Continued from Vol. XIII., page 483.) 
“ Coffees. —Coffee is cash, and the demand for it the past 
year ,has been much beyond the supply, and that, too, at 
prices ranging from 12 to 18 cents per pound. The call for 
Kona coffee, which is said to be inferior to none in the world, 
is much greater than any other kind, and it is a thousand 
pities that beautiful district does not send more to market, j 
The only planters of coffee to any extent in the Islands, at ! 
the present time, are Messrs. Cummings and Hall, of Kona, 
Mr. Pitman, of Hilo, and Mr. Titcomb and Messrs. G. 
Rhodes and Co., of Hanalei, Kauai, all of whom deserve 
praise, for all have had their trials to overcome, and have 
battled with them manfully. The greatest producer of coffee 
is Mr. Titcomb, of Kauai, who is famous for good manage¬ 
ment and thrift. 
“ Potatoes. —Two or three years since the largest export 
from these Islands was that of Irish Potatoes to California, 
To-day we are eating California Potatoes of a better quality 
and at a less price than those of our own raising. How 
shameful! There is no soil in the world better adapted 
to the raising of this valuable vegetable than the rich mellow 
loam of Kula, East Maui; and I am happy to hear that the 
people of that region are beginning to wake up to the im¬ 
portance of raising a supply for our whaling fleet. 
“ Tobacco. —The seed of this plant, imported last year by 
the Society from Cuba and the United States, was to 
Messrs. Archer and Gruben, of Kauai, and I learn some of 
it has grown, and gives promise of a good leaf. 
“ Garden Vegetables, Melons, and Fruits. —Most of 
the garden vegetables produced at the Islands are raised at 
the hot sea side, in a climate and soil not the best adapted 
to their growth, and, consequently, many of them do not 
thrive, even with the best of nursing. Tomatoes, radishes, 
carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, egg-plants, beans, and squashes 
can be grown in any quantity, with good care ; but generally 
speaking, beets, turnips, onions, parsnips, parsley, peas, 
cabbage, and many other valuable vegetables, are of a very 
inferior quality, and require more watching and money than 
they are worth. Several natives grow vegetables for market 
on a limited scale; but the only foreigner who has prosecuted 
the business with much profit is Mr. Montgomery, who has 
gone into the work con amove and with gloves off. 
“ Cattle. —It is clear to me the Islands, as a whole, are 
better adapted to pasturage than to agriculture ; and hence 
the Society cannot devote too much attention to the improve¬ 
ment of our stock. Nearly, if not quite, seven-eighths of all 
the surface of the group is unfit for the plough, while it 
yields the sweetest of pasture. There is a marked improve¬ 
ment in the breeds of our cattle within the last few years, and 
never has there been so much activity and interest mani¬ 
fested in the subject as within the last twelve months. 
Mr. Thomas Cummins, of Honolulu, has imported a fine 
bull, half Durham, from California, and orders have been 
sent to the United States for other cattle, of various breeds. 
Mr. Wylie, Captain Meek, and myself, have sent for an 
Ayreshire bull and cow; Captain Meek, Mr. Allen, and 
myself, for a Durham hull and cow; Dr. Hardy, for a 
Durham cow ; Dr. Wood, Mr. Montgomery, and the Society, 
for a Devon bull and cow; and Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Reynolds, 
and Mr. Harris are about to order a Hereford bull and cow; 
and, I doubt not, there are other orders with which I am 
not acquainted. 
“ The subject of salting beef is closely connected with | 
that of cattle, and one which I hope will receive more 1 
attention than has hitherto been bestowed upon it. We 
have plenty of cattle and to spare, and why is it that we ( 
allow our market to bo supplied in a great degree by 
salted beef imported from the United States ? Some say j 
our salt is not good ; others, our climate is too warm, and | 
consequently the beef cannot be cured so as to keep well. 
As for salt, if ours is not of the requisite quality, the best j 
can readily be imported; and as for climate, we can choose j 
almost such a temperature as ive like. The subject of j 
salting beef is one with which I am not familiar, but there i 
are those in our Society who can handle it with ability. I 
can see the evil, and believe it has a remedy. I take 
pleasure in laying before you a communication on the 
1 subject from Mr. Wylie. We ought to export largely of 
