. Visited
the university buildings--the best I have seen on the continent;
lecture-rooms very fine. Left for Lille, in France; courteously
treated at the French custom house.

_March 8th--Paris._--On our way from Lille we crossed a branch of
the Rhine and the Meuse on the ice; country level and well
cultivated; passed Cambray and other towns. Walked to the park,
Tuileries, to the Triumphal Arch of Napoleon--a world of
magnificence.

_March 9th._--Studying French; walked through and around the Palais
Royale in the boulevards--noble, splendid.

_March 10th--Sunday._--Attended the Wesleyan chapel--about one
hundred present--then the English Church; thence to the Madeleine
Church--most magnificent; congregation vast; music and chanting
excellent beyond description; discourse read; paintings and
sculpture fine; church built by Napoleon.

_March 11th._--Went to Dr. Grampier, the director of the French
Protestant Evangelical Mission, a pious man, an able author, at the
head of an excellent institution having missions in Africa as well
as in different parts of France.

_March 12th._--Removed to new lodgings; tolerably comfortable.

_March 13th._--Went to the university; heard lecture on history;
Attended an evening party at Dr. Grampier's; was introduced to
several gentlemen of rank and wealth. Singing and reading of the
Scriptures; much pleased with the party; as many ladies as
gentlemen; assembled at eight, broke up at eleven o'clock.

_March 14th._--Heard a most splendid lecture on astronomy from the
celebrated Arago; audience very large; the professor had no notes;
the subject was light--comets, causes of the changes in the color
of the stars, etc., etc.; lecture two hours, much cheered.

_March 15th._--Went to the French Chamber of Deputies; saw Guizot.
Difference between the French Chamber of Deputies and the British
House of Commons struck me--1st. The more ample accommodations for
members; 2nd. The little attention which appeared to be paid to the
President of the Chamber; 3rd. In the members going to the tribune
to speak, and reading their speeches; 4th. In the position of the
different officers of the House; 5th. The fine appearance of the
servants, and the very convenient accommodations for them; 6th. The
superior accommo