idea that the Roman Catholic worship should be by law the established religion in Ireland.--Anecdote of Archdeacon Paley; who declared that he considered such a concession to the Irish nation expedient. 3 CHAP. I. Spirit of adventure of the English.--English fox-hunters.--Money spent abroad.--Migration through France and Switzerland into Italy.--Return.--The English associate together.--In what consist their reasons for foreign residence.--Distrust with respect to Napoleon.--Gallery of the Louvre.--Its dispersion.--Exaggeration of the number of English absentees.--The foreign notions of our motives for travelling.--Reflections on international intercourse.--Nature of the author's observations gleaned during a long residence abroad.--Remarks on the character of the French revolution.--Its effects.--Elevation of Napoleon.--Great results that have accrued from the French revolution in the West Indies, in South America; and that may possibly take place in Africa. 75 CHAP. II. The author repairs with his two sons to Southampton.--They set sail for Havre de Grâce.--Gale of wind.--Fécamp in sight.--Continue their course for Havre.--Land after a long passage.--The routes from London to Paris compared.--Port regulations.--The English Hôtel.--Hôtel de la Ville du Havre.--Damp sheets, how aired.--Strong coffee.--Mass.--Douanier.--Extortion by porters.--Imposition respecting passports.--Ill-breeding of certain parrots.--Commissaire de Police.--Embouchure of the Seine.--Legend and statue of St. Denis.--Inquiring peasant-boy.--French exactness.--The Rogation days.--Insolence of vulgar assistants in travelling abroad.--Commodious diligence.--Normandy.--Norman predilection.--Petition in verse.--The king of Yvetot.--Rouen.--Magny.--Abstinence, variously understood, and how practised.--Road along the banks of the Seine.--Village of St. Clair.--Pontoise.--Arrival at Paris.--Rate of travelling.--Lodge in the Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin. 92 CHAP. III.