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“ Porpignan, December 14th and 15th.—~TLuxuriated in the 1846.
omforty of a French inn. I felt almost ready to hug the Zr. 42.
fumitnre, kiss the white table-cloth, and shake hands with
the waiters, so attractive did they all look after my Spanish
Giscomforts! Sat indoors and wrote letters. Walked
nce only into the town, an irregular, confined, and ugly
fortified place. The only annoyance I experienced was
fom the military music and the parading and drilling of
the troops.”
“Narbonne, December 16th.—Left Perpignan this mornig
 at eloven o'clock. The road to Narbonne passed
tong the marshy shores of the Mediterranean ; very un-Wteresting
 scenery. Bub the sensation of passing along a
French road in an English carriage was quite delightful
after the Spanish travelling. The men wearing the blue
blouse, What a contrast in the appearance of the two
Peoples! On one side the mountain, the grave, sombre,
dignified, dark Spaniard; here the lively, supple, facetious,
Bmighle Frenchman, who seems ready to adapt himself to
ny mood to please you.”
“ Montpellier, December 17th.—Separated from our travelling
 companions ® this morning at Narbonne; they started
a eight o’clock for Toulouse, and we at the same hour
for Montpellier. Our road lay along a rich and populous
bug uninteresting country, through Beziers, and for some
distance close to the Mediterranean. The people were
busy in the fields, cutting off the long dry shoots of the
Vines with a pair of pruning shears, and leaving nothing
but the stumps. When within ten miles of Montpellier,
Snow began to fall, and it continued during the rest of the
lourney.”
“ Nice, Jam. 8rd, 1847.—Sir George Napier called; lost
his loft arm at Ciudad Rodrigo; is younger brother of the
8 My. and Mrs. Sohwabe.