A modern French author says, that the French language is not capable of the _jeux de mots_. _Les jeux de mots_, are not, says he, in the genius _de notre langue, qui est grave, de serieuse_. Perhaps it maybe so; but the language, and the men, are then so different, that I thought quite otherwise,--though the following beautiful specimen of the seriousness of the language ought, in some measure; to justify his remark: Un seul est frappé, & tous sont delivrés, Dieu frappe sons fils innocent, pour l'amour Des hommes coupables, & pardonne aux hommes Coupables, pour l'amour de son fils innocent. XXVIII. All English women, as well as women of other nations, prefer France to their own country; because in France there is much less restraint on their actions, than there is, (should I not say, than there _was_?) in England. All Englishmen, however, who have young and beautiful wives, should, if they are not indifferent about their conduct, avoid a trip to _Paris_, &c. tho' it be but for "_a six weeks tour_." She must be good and wise too, if six weeks does not corrupt her mind and debauch her morals, and that too by her own sex, which is infinitely the most dangerous company. A French woman is as great an adept at laughing an English-woman into all contempt of fidelity to her husband, as married English-women are in general, in preparing them during their first pregnancy, for the touch of a man-midwife,--and both from the same motive; _i.e._ to do, as they have done, and bring all the sex upon a level. XXIX. The French will not allow their language to be so difficult to speak properly, as the English language; and perhaps they are in the right; for how often do we meet with Englishmen who speak French perfectly? how seldom do we hear a Frenchman speak English without betraying his country by his pronunciation? It is not so with the Spaniards; I conversed with two Spaniards who were never twenty miles from _Barcelona_, that spoke English perfectly well.--How, for instance, shall a Frenchman who cannot pronounce the English, be able to understand, (great as the difference is) what I mean when I say _the sun is an hour high_? May he not equally suppose that I said _the sun is in our eye_? XXX. When you make an agreement with an _aubergiste_ where you intend to lie, take care to include beds, rooms, &c. or he will charge separately for these articles. XXXI. After all, it must be confessed, that _Mons. Dessein's a l'Hotel d'Angleterre_ at _Calais_, is not only the first inn strangers of fashion generally go to, but that it is also the first and best inn in France. _Dessein_ is the decoy-duck, and ought to have a salary from the French government: he is always sure of a good one from the English. XXXII. In frontier or garrison towns, where they have a right to examine your baggage, a twenty-four _sols_ piece, and assuring the officer that you are a gentleman, and not a merchant, will carry you through without delay. XXXIII.