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FUEL AT PAIns, ETC.a'reits present inrpates from those of the old 'l'egime 1 In the proportionof\,perhaps one in ten tlwusancl, a proof specimen of the Frenchman of1784 presents hirnse]f, calling up to the mind the painfuI reflection ofthe scenes he must have witnessed. Gracious Heaven! what must be hisrefleetions on the. series of.evehts! !FUEL,Paris;;""Cornparisons out·of the question, the winter of Parisis very severe, and the mol'C so ashouses are not duly secured againstcofd.In time the Parisians will learn the sweetsof a Parliament \VÜlter.Arichsenator from Touraine, whowisely wished to enjoy comfoDt,ihadaIl the apartments. which he took for the term of bis politieal dutiesfitted"up.wÎ,thGerman stoves, the on]y powers ofheatsufficient for thepurposes oftbisdimate.Fuelis, however, anartide of too immettiateinteres! tOi every strangermottohe advertedto, to the utmost. Acubeofsix:J'rench feet of wood costseightyfrancs,and\viU last on~dittt7abouta month__not permitting the ashes to be removed, coveringearefullywith them theglowingembers at night, in which statethey remainuntilmorning; and using such dùe and necessary expedients as the enjoyersof the sea·cüal 6re in the snug pariour of London are little habituatedto.advert to.Eacb billet, five sous, six of these; the clea·ving of a pieceof timber ofafoot diameter will last through the evening.La Cité, as it isc1.enominated, marks the rudiment of Paris. Her.ewere placed, that ls as bigh as navigationJudged it'expedient to penetl'ate,the pillarsof the nauticHereules: this spotmal'ked,the hôùnds oftheuniversal navigators. Sorne littie of advantagein poiot of position.ontbebank, or io the stream, withconvenienc.e oftiding up inlandthereto, general1y over Europe indicatè the system:: as nantie adventureconnects itself moreover YvltÎl tradition, which tells \:lB of\f·estal sacrifices,ships,.serpents, and sa fhrth ;l..l.-forreligiOIfalways bore a part in the

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