C H A P. VIII

——All you need say of _Fontainbleau_ (in case you are ask’d) is, that

it stands about forty miles (south something) from _Paris_, in the

middle of a large forest_—_That there is something great in it_—_That

the king goes there once every two or three years, with his whole

court, for the pleasure of the chace—and that, during that carnival of

sporting, any _English_ gentleman of fashion (you need not forget

yourself) may be accommodated with a nag or two, to partake of the

sport, taking care only not to out-gallop the king——

Though there are two reasons why you need not talk loud of this to

every one.

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