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Glancc nj Porm-Rouic II MorsaNcs.


-, MA"StIhhIS' June ~ IS'''
80" ''"''"' "' fFoe f'"'' -
:" commencing inns nasty run through the coun-
"''S Vi u'o Ic'n"lkaDIc nations, determined rath-
Ut 10 "No'o IMAM to seek to fill my mind with the in
,'''' ",''''' ""'ch are crowded upon the mind by |
Wv s'''' "''"'' 'c c'''r"h' ana the local 'ac1n'ys
'' ~" NV ,'"l'''" 10 rV'"' I" NJ your places 81
'''' '"''''" observation ana Ter the same rcoSon
" p",s o,'' ",'"""' particular notice many Things |
'n"'' '''S "'""e c'"l' DC seem would be objects
"""0" '",'r'''-'' p's' on '" the great centres OF
''''3' '''' Il" c"'h VI ''cn 10 "cN"'r a. much time
"' '"'9 w "'''s'"'E 10 'ook W tn'm win niue
'. ''' WIN an eye u the most advantage, .
"n" WIN inc least rl'k to comfort and health, am
hurfyihs t" my most southern points first expecting
I" work my way back to cooler ATTITUDES, before the
summer sun shall make the southern heavens brass,
ana the earth powder aud dust.
MY stay therefore in Paris. rs in London, on my
nSt 'iSit has been very brief, and my passage
through france t" the Mediterranean as rapid as
Prncuca"I'' An intelligent friend suggested the
le'Nhg iars entirely alone till the last because, be-
ihs as 1t were the climax OF excellence in sight-see-
ihS even glance at it in advance would cause us to
looh WIN less interest upon other cities, and take
from them the charm Of their proper beauty and
novelty and would also have the effect, on our re-
turn to farls, to give it the air Of somewhat old
acquaintance look Perhaps have erred, but it
was precisely the'c considerations which induced me
To give To b"th those wonderful capitals in the first
instance but inc brlct VISIT OF introduction which
/ Sh'ua sho" to me thcir general manners and bear
ing and more obvious characteristics, and to leave
the better acquaintance the moro appreciative
knowledge, to the time when more knowledge of the
world and more familiarity with citicsand countries
OF foreign aspect and habits, &c, should have put
INC more at my ease, and less agapc at common
things and common men
in Paris We learned something of hotel life there
We looked in upon tho shops we rode about in the
'oltures, we visited Notre Dame and one or two
o'nor pfhcpa churches' VIC looked AZ the Palace OF
inc luilleries ana It's beautiful gardens, Mt the
'hamps hiyseeS with It's inhntc amu'cments but not
at i's amusemeh'S'-at inc unnatural turn oil orna-
mental trees into ornamental FORMS squares, circles
arches, gothic and roman,-thus destroying the
charm without which nature Is not nature. We 'aw
the statues, and arches, and columns which orna-
ment its public places and perpetuatc in stone and
bronze the great men ana great deeds ct the nation
"esaw Its narrow lanes and mounted to some Of
ITS Hottest carrots. We stroIIed IN the gaycst
streets ana promcnadcd the widest and most throng-
ed bouicvards "o took our lunch at one OF the
most stylish restaurants and saw all Paris in those
gay Boulcvard, the shops all open (with few hon
orable exceptions and the public convcyanccs all
running, and all the usual occupations of life APP
parently going on, on sunday as on other days. and
after these rapid gances, not careful enough to
justify reiiaoie descriptions, we took seats in the
coupe of Diligence of the Mcssageries Imperalcs,
for Marscilcs. to proceed without stopping, except
Tor two hurried meals day, till by rail and steam,
/ and diligence and horses, we shall have traversed
La 6'e France in its longest direction and seen Ia
grdnd' ndt'on in ITS best rural manifestations, and
| ITS most hoary ana curious antiquity
The numbering French diligence, or stage coach,
has been often described, and shall attempt no
other description except to say that the body of the
diligence consists oil what, some twenty years ago,
/ we should call good sized stage coach, This con-
sttutes the middle part OF the vehicle ms is cal
led the lhterior and ITS seats are the second class
ana quite comfortable ana entirely respectable'-
lhere Is 'heh sun pehu this' ahothcr apartmehtoi
nearly 'he same she containing SIX seats less COM
ior'"''e anu ueSirao'e "hch Is called the bahl"ette
ana i's seats are Tue 'hiru class lhefe Is ais" IN
iror' VI '"c ''c'ior' 'e nrs' apartment oI 'hcca
rage II contains only three seats all looking Tor
"aru' ana inc "h"e front ana s"cS OF TINS apart
'ne' IL Vi s'ass' giving l" the occupants iul OPP
P"r'uhy 10 We" inc i"nu'caPc' ms Is called the
coupe ana It's seats are the hrst class 1t Is htted
up III u very c"m"rta"lc ana easy style There l.,
hhay' inc ourth Glass; which l. the seat on the top
oehihd the arl'er' Inns Is called also the BAN
Hucue, Is comfortably htted up and protected by a
leather Salocho Top &c Inc driver seat and foot
oo"'o "r' qul'V ee"i'9 aoo'e thc inc oil slght oil
tue coupe linen oeh'h" Tue i"ufth class, On tho
''P uh"'r large le"th'r covering All the bag
gage ana merchandise Se' on board frneticaIlyit
Is very wei arranged eom'"rtapc' caraclous' and
safe vehicle but apparently very heavy, lumber
ing awkward ana Top heaNy concern 1t Is usually
drawn by iour horSes sometimes by three, and often
ny n'c OF SIX horscs three ABREAST We were quite
uouo'iul at nrst put soon fouhd 1t To be convey
ance I'm the coupeD OF singular comfort, safety and
agreeaolene's'
we took the Diligence at the Rue Notre Dame des
'lctolre, anu were "hlred through Paris the |
whole length OF the grand succession of Boulcvards
To the hallrond Depot There VIC were driven un |
der great wndlass, and the body of the diligence
was lifted up Gas blacksmith swings up an OK to
shoe him) and the running part removed. The body |
Is theh swung on to the running part of a railroad
car and properly fastened and thus our carriage |
with ourselves and the baggage, &C., by this
nasty chanse' becomes railroad carriage filled and
ioaded inc horses ana the running part being left
oehihd' "eWere thoh ny steam "hlried rapidly
'nro"sh u 'naioh-sur-'aohe' -o' miles, we had
.no "noie coupe 10 ourselves ana ocins about ten
rect oeh'hu Tue neat preceding carnage VIC saw
through the gafeu 'front.' anu SIDES oil ourhttc snug
gerry the whole landscape spread before us as di'
tinctly as clear and quiet atmosphere" and al mild
and unclouded sun could render it, Indeed the
weather all the way to Marseilles, aud while here,
has been such as to call for our gratitude for that