The contest came off at Mr. Mongredieu's rooms in the Hotel du Louvre, Messrs. St. Amant and De Rivière being the only strangers present. The first game admirably played by Mr. M. resulted in a draw, and then Morphy scored seven _parties_ one after the other, which constituted him victor. The third game, beautifully managed throughout by Mr. Mongredieu, slipped from his grasp after nine or ten hours' struggle; because of his not playing _the very best move_, Morphy stepped in at the lucky moment and the day was his. I can easily understand that Mr. Mongredieu was exhausted after so many hours' intense application; Morphy never tires, and no amount of continuous sitting will ever influence his play. I have seen him sit down, in New York, at 9 A. M., and beat one antagonist after another until past midnight, for many successive days, yet without weakening his play in the least; and when Paulsen would take half an hour on a move, an hour over the succeeding one, and on a certain occasion reached the unparalleled limit of two hours, Morphy sat calmly looking on, without the slightest evidence of impatience. Before Mr. Staunton declined Morphy's challenge, I was frequently amused by gentlemen who knew the former well, but knew little of the latter, expressing the opinion that the English player would tire out his youthful challenger, and win by playing "a waiting game." I laughed heartily at their fears, for I knew Morphy could sit out Staunton and the late Mr. Williams one after the other. And I think my readers must also be satisfied of this, remembering Morphy's _ten hours' blindfold play at Paris, without taking even a glass of water, and in bodily pain, too_. CHAPTER XVII. TROPHIES. And now that the battles are over, and the campaigns of this "Attila the destroyer" concluded, let us count the killed and wounded. IN ENGLAND. MATCH GAMES (EVEN.) Morphy, 9. Löwenthal, 3. Drawn, 3. PAWN AND MOVE. Morphy, 5. Rev. J. Owen (Alter), 0. Drawn, 2. OFF-HAND GAMES. Morphy, 19, Barnes, 7, Drawn, 0 " 10, Bird, 1, " 1 " 5, Boden, 1, " 3 " 2, Hampton, 0, " 0 " 2, Kipping, 0, " 0 " 6, Lowe, 0, " 0 " 3, Medley, 0, " 0 " 2, Mongredieu, 0, " 0 " 4, Owen, 1, " 0 CONSULTATION GAMES. Staunton and Owen, 0. Morphy and Barnes, 2. Drawn, 0. Löwenthal and Medley, 0. Morphy and Mongredieu, 0. Drawn, 1. Löwenthal, Mongredieu, and Medley, 0. Morphy, Walker Greenaway, 0. Drawn, 1. EIGHT GAMES BLINDFOLD AT BIRMINGHAM. Morphy beat Lord Lyttelton, Doctors Salmon and Freeman, Messrs. Rhodes, Wills and Carr; drew against Mr. Avery, and lost the game with Mr. Kipping. In addition to the above score there were many contests at odds, which it is unnecessary to mention; Morphy being almost invariably successful. IN FRANCE. MATCH GAMES.