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| them, and wish that SO volatile people
might devote the morning Of the day ,c
that repose which is the highway to reflec
ton. thought OF the calm, well ordered
Sabbath mornings of England, and prayed
that they might always lead TO innocent
| and cheerful evenings.
Our friends had fixed on an excursion to
a place called Gourlay, beyond the ancient
town OF Harfeur whose church is one OF
the most beau'Ifnl ever saw, and in every
| respect Interesting to us from us connec-
ton with English history. The town is
pret'ily situated; he French, who get in
to extac'es about every thing. call it So
perbe! magnifque and charmante !-bu
It is much more easy to forgive person
for being too easily pleased than for not
being pleased al all aud ifihey do indulge
in pleasurable exaggera'ion, must confess
tina, we are too apt to indulge IN contrary
course, and 60 through the world gather
| ing thorns instead Of roses.
The town of Harheur is. as have cor
rec'ly said only PRETTY situated; the slee
| pie Of the church is worth half days jour.
ney over bad roads to see our ant,quari-
ans would exceedingly deIigh, in lis nobl''
| and venerable Architecture. though The eX.
terror: the houses, however crowd too
| CLOSELY upon it--so perfec, building DE-
serves space that It NAV b. viewed from all
points. The congregation were about to
depart when we entered the church. and
the hot, rich perfume Of the incense was
| almost suf,oca ting, after the pure air thro'
| which we had passed; the last chaunt
| peaed, the blessing was bestowed, and
| the crowd dispersed; there were banners,
and trophies, and ancient monuments, and
affairs, with the usual garnlshlngs OF iapers.
! and flowers. and pictures. and offerings Of
all kinds but none so touching as those IN
he Chapel of our Lady Of Grace at Hon,
heur
Having looked and wandered about. we
re.entered our carriages, and, leaving Har
| fleUr. proceeded on our way TO the chateau
| OF Gourlay. in the grounds Of which we
were to spend the day. A gentleman Of
our party telt SO exceedingly owe, come by
| the heat of the sun, that he rang at The
a glass of water-the request was refused !;
she said tina, her mistress might be angry
If she gave water to o stranger!
This was very inhospI'abe, certainly,
and afforded he English Of the party an
opportunity ofrallng at France, to their
hearts conten'-it seemed to refresh and
animate them exceedingly, and gave them
an excellent appetite for the sumpluons en-.
terta'nment winch was spread 10 the orch
ard tf a pretty house, by q brave and
generous Frenchman, whose pates, and
conf,ures. and fru,. and champagne, fore
ed the most John. Bullsh Of the party to
confess that he really fancied himself IN
England. Deaf, good na,ured man--n
| was he first lntIma'on had ever received
of his possessing what Is called .fanCy!
The orchard was very pretty one, close
| and sheltered, and the ia 'mer, n natural lily
wei! bred person. made ample amends for
| the churllshness Of chateau G"uray. am
not quite sure ,ha, he EnglIsh gentleman,
who was SD angry at first, did not absolute
| " propose a toast. the purport of winch
was. lha, England and France might b"
united by boGd of brolherly affection :.
this was, however, in my opinion an over
flowing of he heart. produced by an over
flowing of champagne, and ought not 10 be
recorded 10 he Disadvantage of,he sIngu-
larly loyal and John BulIIsh gentleman who
proposed IT.
When our feast was over, we sailed
forth INTO the woods; crossing frs, a field
where the golden ca of corn weighed
dawn the slender stems to the very earth.
We passed what was politely termed the
| high road, and then along wandering and
tangled path, which opened suddenly upon
vista of extraordinary beauty. We
stood on the summit of a little hill whose
slopes were lh,ckIy wooded-the tail stem.
of he beech shining like silver wands
while herr leaves danced and qulvcred il
the gentle breeze of evening. Beneath u'
was a small valley which the eye glanced
over at first without observing so exquisite
was the prospect which terminated the rIs
ing ground at the opposite side the bough'
of the tall trees interlaced each other IN the
most fantastic arches, forming species o
forest architecture TOO difficult for imitation
-yoa looked on and on, and on, TIL he dis
lance soflencd into air the sun lIght CLAN
eng between The trees, showed here au(
there groups oftravellers rcgallng on fru
and wine, or clusters of laughing peasants
whose joyous mlr,h was repeated bv the
gentle echo of those lovely glades. Their,
was a harmony throughout this exquisite
woodland scenery which ! never before
saw in either picture or land-cape-a shad
ow more or less would have lajured the ef
feet, it was perfect cannot describe blu
shall never forget 1t.
A. we descended into The little valley
the character of The scene changed, an,
though il was still most beautiful, it wal
not what it had been at first, when it burs
upon US like EIyslum of fairy tale 1; th'
grass IN the valley was soft and green a
, velve. and our feet sunk in the deep mos
II could imagine he lady in Comus en-
, tranced in such spot; The air was clos
as if confined by the hills and luxur'an
{ trees but We could hear it rustic in tn
D lOpmOsl branches the chip OF III