Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-22

Apsley hall at winch Grant was the guest of the Duke of Wellington; din- ner given by the Duke of Devonshfe. at which he met fifty members of the House of Lcrds and c1 the 18th of June he was presented w'-h the freedom Of the city of London. the first Preisdent of the American Republic upon whom such an honor had been conferred.
 On the 2th Gen. and Mrs. Grant were received by the Queen at Windsor CAS- tie, with whom they dined, and the fol- lowing evening state concert was gN- en in their honor at Buekingham Park
 On July the Grants crossed the Channel. going first to Brussels, where the General was visited by the King et Belgium and later invited tO dine at tlH Palace From this little Kingdom he passed through Switzerland to Italy, from which country he returned to Edin- burgh and later in October he agah left London for Paris.
 During Grants stay in Paris the most eminent men of France were among his i visitors. He was received at the Eylsee | by the President. Marshal McMahon. and
 later was invited to dine at the palace. From France Gen. Grant continued his tour, going to Naples by steamer, and
 from thence to Alexandria Egypt. The
 Khedive bestowed upon him all honors
 pssible. and the ruler Of Egypt placed
 a steam vessel at his command for 6
 journey along the Nile, which consumed 1 a month.
 Returning to Cairo. the travellers pro-
 ceeded to Port Said. and from thence
 went to Jaffa. and made a trip through the Holy Land. After spending three Idays in Jerusalem they returned to Rome,
 visiting on the way Damascus Beirut
 Smyrna, Constantinople, Ahens and Syr-
 acuse.
 In Rome King Humbert gave a din ner to the ex-President. which was at-
 tended by all his ministers and othe'
 distinguished Italians. After tour o
 Italy the party returned to Paris, and
 from thence went to Holland and theT
 to Germany. Prince Bismarck calleC twice upon Grant in person, and late
 entertained him at dinner. Denmark Norway and Sweden were then visited and from the latter country they wen to St. Petersburgh. Grant vas honore with an interview by the Car of Russi at Peterhoff being conveyed hither by th imperial yacht
 } From Russia the General went to u, tria. Aand returned again to Paris. an . then to San Sebastian. Spain. as th country visited. A boat was taken { ! Marseilles for Bombay. India. via tn Suez Canal. At Calcutta the vicero. Lord Lytton, gave a reception in Grant [ honor. and from India the party prt ceeded 10 China. through the Strai 5 of Malacca, stopping at Burmah and S 1, am.
 l A state dinner, presided over by tl | King. was given at Siam. The next sto y was Canton. China. All the leadin coast cities of the country were visite | and from Peking the steamer Richmon : was taken to Japan. While in thu ! country the Emperor designated Print !; Dati to attend the General as the ruler Il personal representative during his sta,
 Late in August. nearly two years an a half after they started. Gen. and Mir ; Grant took a steamer from Tokio fC U home. They arrived in San Francisco c :, Sept. 20, 1879. after having been tf U U guest of more of the worlds rulers tha 7 has probably any other man. The we u come 10 General Grant at San FrancisS U was unparalleled ry anything of the kin that had ever before taken place alor = the Pacific coast.
 7 Brilliant and fattering as was the Sd u Francisco reception, his progress throur V the country back to his starting point i
 Philadelphia. in order to make an entii
 circle of the globe. was one continuol '. ovation. He reached PhiladeIohia ( ~ Dec 15, 1879. after career of travel ar v ovation never accorded to any man in il ' history of the world.
 "a (Tomorrow-The Lewis and Clark Exp Q dition.)