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1~''l'RAVELS IN EUROPE.state of things-two miles intervening betweena naan's dinne!' and hiswine! Probably 80 much the better for him, were it.alwaJs so; butelsewherehe woùld find things·muchIJ}]}ore conveniently.allotted him"for hismoney. Itmay easily be supposedthat milkforms an item in th.ecatalogueofMadrit desiderata. .An Englishtraveller andw.riter oftravels niadethe 6rst c1aim ofhospitality in a house, on presentingJliscredentials, fOf a.draught of milk, forgetting he was notin patriarchallife.This was inautumn {too. '.rheTemark ofthe ladyin speaking ..ofthe occu~ren.ce(notthe ·lady whosenamehe hasso u,np;allan.t1y, bLJt Jl.nquestionably. iono-. cicently, brought befarethe pùblic) Wi;l,,s;,,ttlat she must have been thoughtby herguœta most'vile chur!; forshe was obliged to t€ill him sht) couldas soon,at thatseason, find the philosopher:'s stone. As suet is theproduce, so the ,butter here is of thé Iimnufacture, of HoUand. It isasserted, that the Dutch purchase the damaged Irish butter, restoreit by the use of sugar of lead,and re-exportit.Tlüs town isindeed ardreadfulChristmas stationfor.those who knowthecomfortsof ,the "North. of Europe.. 81e.et .and rain, cutting windsa'nd hail, damp c1othiog, stonefi.oors,..and ill-shut windows, with nocomfortable chÎJnney-corner or sea-coal blaze torun to l~al1togetherpresent a verycheerlesswinter picture. Not four hous.es in l\1:adritpOssess thatluxurywe calI a. fire-place.One €ndowed with this blessingisa hotel; andforeigners ding about it like fiies to a stove.Theycontrive to procure sorne billet-woodata.n enonnous rate and~in s