The author repairs with his two sons to Southampton.--They set
sail for Havre de Grace.--Gale of wind.--Fecamp in
sight.--Continue their course for Havre.--Land after a long
passage.--The routes from London to Paris compared.--Port
regulations.--The English Hotel.--Hotel de la Ville du
Havre.--Damp sheets, how aired.--Strong
coffee.--Mass.--Douanier.--Extortion by porters.--Imposition
respecting passports.--Ill-breeding of certain
parrots.--Commissaire de Police.--Embouchure of the
Seine.--Legend and statue of St. Denis.--Inquiring
peasant-boy.--French exactness.--The Rogation days.--Insolence
of vulgar assistants in travelling abroad.--Commodious
diligence.--Normandy.--Norman predilection.--Petition in
verse.--The king of Yvetot.--Rouen.--Magny.--Abstinence,
variously understood, and how practised.--Road along the banks
of the Seine.--Village of St. Clair.--Pontoise.--Arrival at
Paris.--Rate of travelling.--Lodge in the Rue de la Chaussee
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