The 27th we remained a few hours at _Amiens_, and saw the cathedral and the engine which supplies the city with water, called _La Tour d'Eau_. We slept at _Breteuil_ which is a paltry town (_Bourg_.) The 28th. We were five hours occupied in seeing _Chantilly_. This palace is the most magnificent of any in Europe, not belonging to a sovereign. In the cabinet of natural history, which has lately been very considerably augmented, by the addition of that of _Mr. Valmont de Bomare_ (who arranged the whole) I observed the _foetus_ of a whale, about fourteen inches long, preserved in spirits; and the skin of a wolf stuffed. I saw this identical wolf at _Montargis_, a palace beyond _Fontainebleau_, in 1784, soon after it had been shot. The carp came, as usual, to be fed by hand. Some of them are said to have been here above a century. As to the gardens, they are well known; all that I shall say is, that they do not contain a single curious tree, shrub, or flower. We hired a landau, at the inn, to drive us about these gardens, and in the evening proceeded to _St. Denis_, which is only a single post from Paris, where we remained, as it would not have been so convenient to seek for a lodging there at night. The next day, Sunday 29th, early in the morning, we entered Paris, and put up at the _Hotel d'Espagne_, _Rue du Colombier_, and in the evening went to the opera of _Corisandre_. EXPENCES. THE whole expences of our journey from Calais to Paris was as follows. The distance is thirty-four posts and a half, the last of which must be paid double.[1] The two chaises were each drawn by two horses, at 30 sous per horse, and 20 sous to each postillion per post, is 35 and half posts, at eight _livres_, is _Livres_ 284. [Note 1: A post is about two leagues, or between four and six miles, as the posthouses are not exactly at the same distance from each other.] Greasing the wheels and extra gratifications to drivers, about 32 The fees for seeing _Chantilly_, including the hire of a carriage, 24 Inns on the road, four days and four nights, about 200 ------ _L._ 540 This, at 40 livres per guinea, amounts to thirteen guineas and a half; to which must be added, for the hire of the two chaises to Paris, three _Louis_ in money, adequate to three pounds sterling, which altogether does not amount to four guineas each person, travelling post above two hundred miles, and faring sumptuously on the road, drinking Burgundy and Champagne, and being as well received at the inns as if the expences had been quadrupled. One hot meal a day, at three _livres_ a head, one _livre_ for each bed, and the wine paid for apart, was the customary allowance. After this manner I have travelled several times all over France, to _Bourdeaux_, _Toulouse_, _Montpelier_, _Marseille_, _Toulon_, _Hieres_, _Avignon_, _Lyon_, _&c._