CHAPTER XVIII.

On the March--The Seine--Beauty of the Country--Passage of the Seine--Colombes--Drawbacks--My Quarters--The Garden and Grounds--View from my Window--My Chateau--Its Furnishings--State of our Horses--An Excursion--The Country round Paris--View of Paris--A Wet Day--My Landlord--Country Pleasures--My Occupations--Our Fare--A Fracas--Our Brunswickers Mutinous--Their Complaints--My Answer to them--Harvesting--French Peasantry--The Women--Food of the Peasantry--Inn Signs--A Lady of the Old Régime--A Ride to Paris--The Seine and its Banks--First Visit to Paris--Aspect of the Streets--Parisian Equipages--The Champs Elysées--The Place Louis Quinze--The Austerlitz Column--London and Paris--The Streets of Paris--The Boulevard des Italiens, 94