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140 SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH FltANCE IN 1814.santry differ now (very ml1ch otherwise in former days) hardly totheeye.-Populous as this place is, a considerable quantity of dwellingspace is offered to the best bidder. On the other hand, a great fauxbourgextends itself now, beyond the ,,,ooden bridge. Entering Lyons,-and indeed the traveller of to-day will note the appearanceelsewhere,-arenumbers of houses of frame-work and clay, tiled, withprojèctingeaves, evidently the lVork of personsanxious to get into imme...diate occupation or possession, for various purposesp,robably, butwho, from waut· of means, or of confidence· inappearanees, wonId notlay out capital.rrhis was probably the first· effect of the revolution~and what cornes nnder the eye bears about tlmt date.Great politeness,with activity of accueil, are noticeable in the conduct of thetradespeople here.Coalshave been mentioned.This important article of statistic aswell as domestic accommodation has beeu reckoned among the ~fi.ciencies of }'rance, but probably without due reason. ,Water carriagewill rectifyaU this. No want of the kindexistsat Lyons,except inthe inclination to make aH the blessing of this donation ot Pl~ovidencewhich that Power intended for use. rrhey are brought here fro~n Rivede Gex, ten leagues, and St. Etienne, twelve leagues\distance to thesouth-east, towards the heads of the Loire, the principal part of theway hither by water.as the other.slack.Those of St. Etienne are not ofsogood a qualityThey are seen here in lumps as our round çoaI, aIsoasThe beds are worked by, shafts.Calcareous matter is advertised here (rare for France) for manu.re;oddly expressed-à fumer les terres.To reach l.1yons from Caiais, a great tract of country is traversed, andit Icannot he supposed such a one should he destitute ·of intetest.­Paris "too, which, like el'ery capital, is m~verou,tof theway, is an