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36 TRAVELS IN ·EUROPE.is conscious ofbeihg marked as a schismatic from the established re;..Iigion of the state.As to their military business, the Frenchtfoopsoarryit on withontmuch bllstle,-a proof thatthey havesomesystelbT thoughiprobablythey are in this respect far short of the Germans. Their officers, ifiguo;..rant, are anxious to Iearn. Not including in this observation those fiut...tering insects of fashion, whose sole object is to be able to taik at theopera of their campaignin America,............aJ~eward .• of vanityearned bytwo irksome trajets of the A t1antic, for ouemonthpassed on shorebe~yond h. A great deai of cordialftyx>pre\'ails between the officer,non:.commissioned officer, and soldier; and yet the inferior i8 never seentoexceed the limits of due respect_ It is curious to observe the warin yetpolite and ceremonious greetings which pass on aBsides when a privateman retums from his furIollgh. The Swiss troops. in this service, and par-'ticularly the regiment of Steiner 110W heve, have a remarkablymUitary;air, and, odd to think, seem to be lookedup to with a dègree of defe...rence throughout the French army.Thiscorps was, as is weIl known,introduced here by the Iow cabinet policy of governingthe natien bythe bayonet.: and for this the prideof foreigners was to begratified bya higherpay.. The French cavairy is' kept, for the conveniencyofforage, in the northem provinces..PERPI,GNAN.--:.The weather is now in these flat tr~cts powerfuIlysultry. 1ts oppressiveness on the road, isWhat the traveller is bountito expect. The inn8 here are few and ïncommvdious, affordingcomfort when they areattained. As for animal food, it hardIyformsan item in their Iarders. As mu'ch of it as is to be wished fol' in snchweather is, however, found at mid.day at the table d'hôte, and thehouse will hardIy affûTd a second supply durin,g the twenty;..fourhours. Punctuality, therefore, is a duty which the traveHer owes