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and ortelans.’’* Among other prohibitions 
was that of driving a carriage about the 
ftreets, except for travelling; a gentleman 
may now keep his carriage if he pleafes, 
and loll in it from-one end of the town to 
the other ; but the want of it has not yet 
been experienced, for, although the reftric- 
tion is taken off, I underftand there is but 
a fingle individual who indulges himfelf 
in this innocent luxury. 
“The habits of the Genevefe were ever 
remarkably fimple and unexpenfive: nor 
has their character been in any degree de- 
terlorated by the evil genius of their inva- 
ders. M. Odier told me, that he did not 
believe it came within the limits of. pofli- 
bility, fora man to make away with soool. 
a year, unlefs he threw his Louis into the 
Rhone. Gaming is unknown here: cheis 
feems to bea favourite fiudy, and our friend 
R*** has been indulged with his rubber: 
ZI think he loft as many pence as he did 
points! 
Let me fee—is there any thing elf that 
J have to fay, before we fold up the fheet? 
The breakfaft-hour—you may fmile if 
you pleafe, but the meaneft minutiz be- 
come fignificant ina foreign country, and 
merit remark—the ufual breakfaft-hour is 
between feven and eight o’clock ; the din- 
ner-hour between twelve and one; coffee 
is taken when the cloth is removed; the 
Genevans drink tea at fix, fup at nine, and, 
as they rife early in the morning, 1t is to 
be prefumed they do not fit very late at 
night. Thefe are the winter hours: dor- 
ing the fummer it is the fafhion to rile be- 
tween four and five in the morning, walk 
for an hour or two, fleep after dinner, and 
take another cool walk at the clofe of the 
evening. : 
The body of the Genevans are Calvinifis, 
but it is {uppoied that there are nearly four 
thoufand Catholics in the town: theie lat- 
ter have at prefent no regular chapel, but 
have daily mafs performed in a private 
houfe, in the Cour de St. Pierre: they mean 
to apply for the ufe of l’Eglife St. Pierre, 
* In his eflay ** OF Refinement in the 
Arts,” Mr. Hume fays, ‘ To imagine that 
the gratifying of any fenfe, or the indulging 
of any delicacy in meat, drink, or apparel, is 
of itfeif a vice, cam never enter into a head 
that is not difordered by the frenzies of enthu- 
fiaim. I have, indeed, heard of a Monk abroad, 
who, becaufe the windows of his cell opened 
upon a noble profpect, made a covenant with 
bis eyes never to turn that way, or receive fo 
feniual a gratification. And fuch is the crime 
of drinking Champagne or Burgundy prefer- 
ably to {mall-beer or porter,” ; 
An Excurfion through France to Geneva. 
[Dec. I, 
which, however, it is not expected they 
will obtain. 
I have had no time to fee any of the 
manufactories, or indeed, to make any en- 
quiries about them: the Genevans are ce- 
lebrated watch makers, and linen-printers: 
the few emigrants who had perfeverance 
enough to fettle in Bruffels and Conftance, 
after the revolution of 1782, introduced the 
arts of printing Jinens and of watch-mak- 
ing into thofe placcs. It was, probably, in 
conlequence of their fkill in thefe refpe€tsy 
that the Lith Parliament liftened to the 
propofal of eftablifhing a colony of Gene- 
van Emigrants in that country, and voted 
50,0001. towards defraying the expences of 
their journey, and of their fettlement in the 
ifland. Here is alfoa large chocolate ma- 
nufactory. 
The police is tolerably ftri& here: the 
bridges are drawn up, and all the gates 
are fhut, at eight o’clock at night im 
winter, and at nine in fummer: after ten, 
no One is peimitted to walk m the town 
without a light; any one, man, woman, - 
or child, difregarding this prohibition, is 
conduéted to the guard-rcom, and takes a 
lodging there for the night! 
‘In the late revolution here, many an 
ample fortune was annihilated ; the moft 
wealthy, and the molt honourable,—they 
who had too noble and generous a fpirit 
to bow the knee and truckle to their in- 
vaders—fell the firft facrifice. M. Odier is 
to be numbered among the foremoft of 
thefe victims: his circuraftances were af= 
fluent, and the whole of his property was 
ingulphedin the revolution. Madame Odier 
fupported the fhock with a firmnefs and 
compofure which we arrogantly cail maf- 
culine. She converted one of her rooms 
into a fhop, and thought it no degradation 
to employ her hours in a manner which 
might be profitable to her family: by the 
facrifice of many habitual indulgences, by 
the moit rigid economy, and by perfonal 
‘exertions, this excellent couple enabled 
themfelves to continue in Geneva, where 
they are now enjoying all their former com- 
forts, if not their former affluence. 
Different families of courfe employed 
different means to repair their dilapidated 
fortunes: many of them received pex/ion- 
naires, or boarders, among which number 
is a relation, (of the fame name), to M. 
Le Cointe, who was an officer in the Ge- 
nevan fervice, but whofe patriotifm ren- 
dered him an unfit perfon to be continued 
in employment when the French took pol. 
feffion of the town. ? 
-Itis a fortunate thing for you that I 
have no more time to fpare; we quit Geneva 
. , t¢-morrow 
