Executions at present uncommon.--Mission preached at
Avignon.--An account of the Missionnaires.--An old French
officer.--The author makes acquaintance with the grandson of the
President de Montesquieu.--Election of a deputy.--Henry Kenelm
visits England.--On theatres and comedians.--The author's son
returns to Avignon.--His journey detailed.--He copies an Infant
Jesus after Raphael.--Fine season.--Ice required at a
ball.--Olives.--Artificial grasses.--Haricots.--The French
agriculture described.--Vines.--Silk-worms.--Mulberry trees
stripped of their leaves.--Threshing-floors.--_Abattoir_ for
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