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intermediate streets between the Car- 
rousel and the Louvre shall be demo- 
lished, and that another galley, corre- 
sponding with the gallery of the Louvre, 
which extends from the palace of the 
Tuileries to the palace of the Louvre, 
shall be built, with an open arcade, 
The ultimate intention of this order, is 
to form a vast parade, on which the em- 
peror may be enabled to pass in review a 
body of troops, to the amount of one hun- 
dred thousand men, comprehending ca- 
yalry and infantry! 
~The Palace of the Louvre is, beyond 
contradiction, the most elegantly con- 
structed building in Paris, 
Tt is now undergoing a thorough repair, 
after being suffered to decay in neglect 
for a century and a half. When wholly 
repaired, it will be consecrated to the 
arts and sciences. The museum of pic- 
tures will continue to occupy the great 
gallery: that of statues will be much en- 
larged. The imperial library will be re- 
moved from the Rue Richelieu to this 
place. The cabinets of medals, antiques 
and prints, will fill the upper apartments; 
and the rest of this superb palace will be 
dedicated to the reception of any curious 
specimens of art and taste which may ap- 
pertain to the nation. 
In the interior of the Hétel des Inve- 
lides,are seen the sword of the Great Fre- 
derick of Prussia, with the busts of Con- 
dé, Turenne, Saxe, Desaix, Kleber, Du- 
gomier, &e. 
Tt is from the front court of the Inva- 
lids, that they occasionally make those 
discharges of artillery, which signify the 
successes of the French armies to the peo- 
le of Paris. 
The bridges of Paris are numerous. I 
shall only mention those which have 
been lately built. 
Le Pont des Arts, or the Bridge of 
Arts, was thrown over the Seine in 1804: 
the foundations are of stone, and the 
superstructure of cast iron: it is the 
first bridge of this kind which has been 
made in France. Itis situated between 
the centre of the palace of the Louvre, 
and the College of the Four Nations, on 
the opposite bank of theSeine. Each foot- 
passenger (as no carriage can pass) pays 
one sol on passiig: it is ornamented on 
-each side with orange trees, citrons, lilies, 
roses, &c. which perfume the air, while 
you walk or sit, as there are chairs pro- 
vided for those, who chuse to enjoy the 
summer breezes in this enchanting situa- 
tion. 
Le Pont d’ Austerlitz, or the Bridge of 
A View of Modern Paris. 
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Austerlitz (thus named in commemo- 
ration of the battle which was fought be- 
tween the Emperors of Russia, Austria, 
and France, near that town), is likewise 
made of cast iron. It connects the Bou- 
levards of Bourdon, with the boulevards 
of the Garden of Plants, and by this 
means forms a circular road around 
Paris. 3 
They are now building another bridge 
of stone, which leads from-the middle of 
the Champ de Mars, to the great road 
between Paris, St. Cloud and Versailles. 
They have nearly seventy Fountains 
at Paris, some of which are supplied frem 
the waters of the Séine, and the others 
from the water of Arcueil, . 
The present government of Paris, is 
augmenting the number of fountains, in 
every direction, which is an Improvement 
of the highest importance, as it promotes 
the cleanliness of the city, and the heaith 
of its inhabitants. As the Parisians have 
not the same advantages resulting from 
water-works, as the Londoners enjoy, they 
are compelled to resort to the supply of 
public fountains, which is the best subs 
stitute their situation will afford. 
Le Jardin des Planies, or Botan 
Garden of Plants, is an assemblage 
the plants, exotic and indigenous, WE 
it has been in the power of the 
sorstocollect. This establshme 
under the reign of Louis XIII. by G 
la Brosse, his physician, who received 
ry possible encouragement from @ 
nisters Mazarine and Colbert. In 
he gave the first public lecture on bot 
and soon after this Garden assumed t 
title of Hortus Regius, or Royal Garden 
In 1739, the king named Leclere de Buf 
fon president; and was under the 
superintendance of this great and learned 
man that the me, of Plants became 
the richest collection of minerals and ve- 
getables in Europe. MM. Buffon neglect- 
ed nothing in his attempts to methodize 
thisimportant study, for which he has been 
called the French Pliny. Pliny had made 
a comparative scale between men and 
beasts, in which the advantages remained 
with the latter; but Buffon raised man to 
his proper glorious eminence, ina work 
which will eternize his name. 
In the amphitheatre of this charming 
and interesting place, lectures on botany, 
chemistry, anatomy, and surgery, are de- 
livered by professors, on terhis at once | 
liberal and encouraging to the students 
of ail nations. 
In the upper part of the garden there is 
a superb collection of subjects ef natural — 
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