is about twelve miles from it. We put up at the same house, and
with the same jolly landlord that recommended Le Fleur to Sterne.
Here we wished much to be fixed; but neither good lodgings or
masters could be had here--for there are no middling class of
people. Sixty noblemen's families lived in the town, who owned
the vast plain round it, and the rest very poor indeed. This is
the finest country for game that ever was; partridges
twopence-halfpenny a couple, pheasants and woodcocks in
proportion; and, in short, every species of poultry. We dined,
supped, lay, and breakfasted next day, Saturday; then we
proceeded on our tour, leaving Montreuil, you will suppose, with
great regret.

"We reached Abbeville at eight o'clock; but, unluckily for us,
two Englishmen, one of whom called himself Lord Kingsland--I can
hardly suppose it to be him--and a Mr Bullock, decamped at three
o'clock that afternoon in debt to every shopkeeper in the place.
These gentlemen kept elegant houses, horses, &c. We found the
town in an uproar; and as no masters could be had at this place
that could speak a word of English, and that all masters that
could speak English grammatically attend at the places that are
frequented by the English, which is, St Omer, Lisle, Dunkirk, and
Boulogne, to the northward of Paris, and as I had no intention of
travelling to the south of France till the spring, at any rate, I
determined, with Mac's advice, to steer for St Omer, where we
arrived last Tuesday; and I own I was surprised to find, that
instead of a dirty, nasty town, which I had always heard it
represented, to find a large city, well paved, good streets, and
well lighted.

"We lodge in a pleasant French family, and have our dinners sent
from a _traiteur's_. There are two very agreeable young ladies,
daughters, who _honour_ us with their company pretty often. One
always makes our breakfast, and the other our tea, and play a
game at cards in the evening. Therefore I must learn French, if
'tis only for the pleasure of talking to them; for they do not
speak a word of English. Here are a great number of English in
this place; but we visit only two families; for, if I did, I
should never speak French. Two noble captains are here--Ball and
Shepard. You do not know, I believe