If you take your own horses, they must be provided with head-pieces, and halters; the French stables never furnish any such things; and your servant must take care that the _Garçon d'Ecurie_ does not buckle them so tight, that the horses cannot take a full bite, this being a common practice, to save hay. III. If the _Garçon d'Ecurie_ does not bring the halters properly rolled up, when he puts your horses to, he ought to have nothing given him, because they are so constantly accustomed to do it, that they cannot forget it, _but in hopes you may too_. IV. Direct your servant, not only to see your horses watered, and corn given them, but to _stand by_ while they eat it: this is often necessary in England, and always in France. V. If you eat at the _table d'Hote_, the price is fixed, and you cannot be imposed upon. If you eat in your own chamber, and order your own dinner or supper, it is as necessary to make a previous bargain with your host for it, as it would be to bargain with an itinerant Jew for a gold watch; the _conscience_ and _honour_ of a _French Aubergiste_, and a travelling Jew, are always to be considered alike; and it is very remarkable, that the publicans in France, are the only people who receive strangers with a cool indifference! and where this indifference is most shewn, there is most reason to be cautious. VI. Be careful that your sheets are well aired, otherwise you will find them often, not only damp, but perfectly wet.--Frenchmen in general do not consider wet or damp sheets dangerous, I am sure French _Aubergistes_ do not. VII. Young men who travel into France with a view of gaining the language, should always eat at the _table d'Hote_.--There is generally at these tables, an officer, or a priest, and though there may be none but people of a middling degree, they will shew every kind of attention and preference to a stranger. VIII. It is necessary to carry your own pillows with you; in some inns they have them; but in villages, _bourgs_, &c. none are to be had. IX. In the wine provinces, at all the _table d'Hotes_, they always provide the common wine, as we do small beer; wine is never paid for separately, unless it is of a quality above the _vin du Pays_; and when you call for better, know the price _before_ you drink it. X. When fine cambrick handkerchiefs, &c. are given to be washed, take care they are not trimmed round two inches narrower, to make borders to _Madame la Blanchisseuse's_ night caps: this is a little _douceur_ which they think themselves entitled to, from my Lord _Anglois_, whom they are sure is _tres riche_, and consequently ought to be plundered by the poor. XI. Whenever you want honest information, get it from a French officer, or a priest, provided they are on the _wrong_ side of forty; but in general, avoid all acquaintance with either, on the _right_ side of thirty. XII.