Nothing interesting took place untill we reached Paris. It was at 4^ {[o:]} Clock, of a beautifull June morning, that the Carriage stopped before the gate of Hotel de Boston, & the bell rung, having been just 74 hours from the gates of Brest--during which time, I had not lost myself in sleep, taken nothing warm upon my stomack, nor used water, upon either hands or face--thus covered with dust, & exhausted with fateague; I was received by the Porter, conveyed to a chamber, provid^{d.} with washing apparatus, where I soon freed myself from dust, applied clean linnen, and enscons’d myself in an excellent Bed, saying to myself, _soul take thine ease in sleep_--but, it appeared, that sleep had departed from me, I laid untill the clock struck 10, without being able to obtain a doze, & then rose, & attended, thro” the day, to finding out a train of my business, through the American Consul &c, retired to Bed again at 9^ {[o:]} Clock, heard the Clock strike 12, and knew nothing after, untill 11^ {[o:]} Clk the next day; when awoke, feeling like myself again; although I slept very sound the next night, for 9 hours without awaking. [Sidenote: Hope Deferred] After essertaining where to apply, my first object of attention was, to scearch for my Accounts, sent on from Brest--the result was, they denied, at all the offices, ever having received them, or heard of such a Brig, as the Jane, nor of her comander, Cap^{t.} Cobb--well, “as I before observed, I prepared for this event, before I left Brewst; by procuring a copy of my Accounts &c &c, accordingly I laid an official set before them, and thus introducing the _Jane_, & her commander--I was told, to call the next day, & they would let me know, when my Bills wou’d be ready. I therefore, was obliged to exercise patiance & wait; but when I called the next day, my papers were not to be found in the office--no one had put them away, no one could tell any thing about them--and finally, after a long French jabber, it was concluded, that they must have been left upon the counter, brushed off, & burned, among the lose papers. This was too much, for my already perplexed, agitated, mind. I knew of no way, but to write back to Brest, for another set--& they, probably, wou^{d.} meet the same fate, as the two preseeding ones had. I was now fully conveinced, that the whole was designed, for the purpose of procrastination & putting off pay day as long as possible--but it was a severe trial for me, in my inexperienced state. I consulted with our consul; & with our Minister at the court of France, but the only satisfaction was; git another set of papers, & we will guard against another loss--