CHAP. I.

Spirit of adventure of the English.--English

fox-hunters.--Money spent abroad.--Migration through France and

Switzerland into Italy.--Return.--The English associate

together.--In what consist their reasons for foreign

residence.--Distrust with respect to Napoleon.--Gallery of the

Louvre.--Its dispersion.--Exaggeration of the number of English

absentees.--The foreign notions of our motives for

travelling.--Reflections on international intercourse.--Nature

of the author's observations gleaned during a long residence

abroad.--Remarks on the character of the French revolution.--Its

effects.--Elevation of Napoleon.--Great results that have

accrued from the French revolution in the West Indies, in South

America; and that may possibly take place in Africa. 75

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