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IN"l'EN])ED PALACE OF NAPOLEON .. 165the,a~t~st:woulclsay"hannonize,,"~orofwhich,ofthetwofellow-travellers,tl;J.e, one which bas the powers. of speech and consequently complaint,would hardlydevi'ate from the denomination here adopted to apply thesyponymO'l1S ternl,' goods, to .the companion .of his route; or, if he did,would, inso Jar, ulule!! belie his feelings.Such, at lea8t, is the reilectionwhich the èvents of the presentItinerary impress upon the mind oflümwbo had .the undergoi11g,of them. 'VeU wouJd it have·been, had sovereignauthority thought necessary to have proceeded one step furtherin~~tsisolicitowmess for the travellei6 socurity;. but here, by sorneeasi~alty, ,lik~!the charity, 01' the old man in The 'Vinter's Tale, andperhaps ,!iQ.ffvi,Q;4!ig~tionit .might be urged, from the same reason, " i.twQuld.! have;l~ckedfooting.~'- But" sufficient unto theday is theevUthereof.";Qeseendingff~heRhone, aail quitting;Lyops, .among: the strikingobjectsaround, the site of the intended palace of Napoleon is not to beo;t:llitted"l ;lt.is,a w.et sc,.fub, but situated, al' the juncti:on of two noblenvers. What would it nat have been? The nucleus of a social aggregationprodigious in the ,extent and rapjdity of fits growth beyondallt){ eve.ntheNew World.can aflord!Hs qtlays are of such admirablecOtnistifucÜon,tbeJ ..must ever irem~inof.value, long,. very long aftel' th.eempty,dreallls ofa,mbition have p.flssed away, l;tnd the heads wlûchcoJ,lceivedthem·qflilmbled iuto dust. lt is~haJ;dto say which i8 most transjtQr'y~whichlIlQst'emtPty.·!'To th.e, 2d,of". D.·e.qember .the weather was mild hore,. wüh a westerlywind,andtheatmQspl1ere btmvy~ Itthenvaried tothe north, and becameverysharp : thelIlouIltaiJ1S iQthatdirection were coveredwith snow ;and the Jhermo1ll.eteratmid-dayor ,:l.fler, on the river,. was at 40.withstanding,. the commQu blac~ fly was still inaction.,Not..