[1] An English tailor at Paris.
[2] A ship is said to miss stays, when she does not obey the helm in
tacking.
[3] The dandy term for a tailor.
[4] "Lemonade and _eau-de-groseille_ are measured out at every corner
of every street, from fantastic vessels, jingling with bells, to thirsty
tradesmen or wearied messengers."--See Lady Morgan's lively description of
the streets of Paris, in her very amusing work upon France, book vi.
[5] These gay, portable fountains, from which the groseille water is
administered, are among the most characteristic ornaments of the streets
of Paris.
[6] Veronica, the Saint of the Holy Handkerchief, is also, under the name
of Venisse or Venecia, the tutelary saint of milliners.
[7] St. Denys walked three miles after his head was cut off.
[8] Off the Boulevards Italiens.
[9] In the Palais Royal; successor, I believe, to the Flamaud, so long
celebrated for the _moëlleux_ of his Gaufres.
[10] Doctor Cotterel recommends, for this purpose, the Beaujon or French
Mountains.
[11] A dish so indigestible that a late novelist at the end of his book,
could imagine no more summary mode of getting rid of all his heroes and
heroines than by a hearty supper of stewed lampreys.
[12] They killed Henry I. of England:-"a food [says Hume, gravely], which
always agreed better with his palate than his constitution."
[13] A famous Restaurateur--now Dupont.