C it ie s a nd
T own’s..
Marfeîllcs;
Bourdeaux.
Lifle.
Valenciennes
ft Ifp l rraturafTf&t Jfe' finaly setssfaeih i&-the
fatal tdits
profperity. During the infatuated, r e i^ o f '^ ^ jk c o b in s it was bttfflgg&d,
e^triretf;’ and after the-wiMeftSand'' b&feft mkflac&e&yYfras doomed'to
fihal demo'litlbh*. B*ui Bdfiifds e?ett So -rage and M ^ iish is
afegrii ifi* hfiotkgfe Lyons' will pfobabl^rtever
ft'd b ^ ^ ^ tn c rS 'iit^ ex t^ n t ’and fopulencef fo r ddmmbrce whietll onee >,ex*
pelled l^aotrf remfM?''y
't 'h e ^ f / d * ^ fdurA fitfc s'd f Frari&e Rre’Ma#eiSlll^<iafed!!loafsdeaiUx;
each peopled by about 80,000- foulst The foupiMmM IvferftiftesMs
beep1 ilr® y * 1 n #K tte e llJ ‘h h fl the?' 'cfiy: ¥ e fe in s ^ o fth y itif'its f|fecient
fame, fjre^frort dhe of1 th ^ b e f t’an'd-inb'ft^fre-
'qi^ente^m theNvEole ‘Me&t&ndhdari. 'T h e ifoblg building;
an3 the- n ew parts ■of th e o r y glre b'eatftifui.' ’ ' ! V i -
^ ^ h irrE e a u jC t^ ^ a ^ ro fp e fO d s1 crfy; but ttlb' ,tfade Ihuft'liav^^^nfered
mjury. The poft * is ■ "ai^pflcf and '*cbbikhod'fuU'55’'with 'ext'enfi vc
quays.' chief ’^ fM tk ’Hire wine and 6$an|Iy, partieul'aMy ‘the via
de »ourdeaiix, 'which wb term 'claret, bfecaufe it is o f 2 blear and'-tranf-
parent red,' whife tent; a ^ d ^ o ^ ^ t h h r Thg'ffiha#e ii
ffie fnoft' niagthiicent' ui F^aftie/. ahdtlth'e ai<siors''ufetl tb refceiVe -extra*
Vagant falafies; and" as rhucK^it Lori&dh eXfceda^ Ba^is, fb .ih&ch did
feotirdeaux, before%e revoiuffqfi, fradfceiid*LiVdfpbbl."1 • jr*
- In glvfng V I jtoV idea oF'tfie otheffW e fc ftib s JSfid foKvn£ 'o f Ttance,
it may be prehnfed'that th o fp b f fh‘e Nethbrlahcls' formerly'btjl6n|i^g to
Auttria, . ^ r e f e r v e ^ f e f fepa'rate' fle ^ rf^ b n '.Sl Buf' a*no%s thofe “w M
f o rm ^ l^ '’h e lb® e y& ;%bat. Was flyldd CTefech T lS b ^ r^ -'ih a y h ^ i^ fn e d
Lifle 'and Val'mcfe^nkg jTfeb fdrihfer':'thbte 'iiid&Ql'aHl!e5f0t i^Yfeength,
than for its 'mMufadures of camldts'hnd{fftlMs. ’ The' poparMoU is
computed Vaterffilerthe^fs!dlfc/;fematliable'' fbr.tbd&rength
of'ifs ‘fferti^atiotis*; y d fW fe e f 26th Jul$p i t y y , ‘fc’fuffendered to*the
Engliih and Auftrian army, tinder the Duke of Y o rk ; but wUSiretaken
by theTrterfch army i d ; the following 'fi& r. ’ T h e chief mauu&btures,
lade, banflets^ and cambtica.
* Young, L.60.
Aih?fen#^^a «rtWfiderblJlfc^fewH,! \rkhi .aft^optflatfolni Jof about - 4<>£oo0s} %*** *»»
-fiSt R’Sderl-/ foriberly thb hhpKaBof Norfnandy, contains 72,^ao-ifouk', Amit™'
-'ahH (M&k s ^W a^oi^idMfahlejtihcJeJij '■’Breft fsi more' remarkable as'being
Fran'ee i-n |}i& Nbrth, > than fo r'its .«»ytprw
N«nt'es>, with a populaB
b tfw a'iielutifuPdblnmifel^l 'wkhta fplendid theatre,
a‘M"'many%&brftreefs',. ''Bu't','the'^a'?hbfls'?^feharren aftd'Utj^ft&reMng:5
’ C)Vjear^*®^ity by*/4wo »'.fields
■^ich it 'mfeained; At!ti'l'afkiilg[#f’-'t-he ■ iHuns,<y4hnthe fifth
century, the..other againft the Englifh in the fifteenth. The duchy of
Orleans has long been tbe1 appabaljb of a branqSfpf'the royal line, the
revenue having been computed at the eUWfC®iis^trUiofahl^OTwojb®bj.
"ften3W . ^ ,^ m tcyfin3T o ifam ^ lh d P e h u ia!lf to* Met«- in-.extent; .butts orfe
y f‘’tTO^OTftyoeatftlfdl^^el^ra Tffficev^''S’tra feSfu?!^ a vene'talbl^idty,'
'^itdi'fJtp^iilati^otf tfeiSbdFhyPLota's X’JVi'iri
and£'ranfmhed to hMihby the’»1 "c0'i'SJtfwiek'in i S F h e j f b k i l -
ficafipns^a’re l¥rong’; '•and- th'e vgbthie‘- cathedral prefentsRhc well-known
fp r e h lf ^ ^ h ' feet
Few' b f yfhe dfh‘e*r%mMti'd'tbwns ^eferve^hiention, e jtie e tv TjraLoiife, j'Touloufe.
a ^ g ^ '^ ^ b j& te'c ^ /fd tils ;* airih l i f e ’pafHamehtK^dRwhlch^ was iefteemed,
"dfeePtffe WdyeV&nTOhn¥,3'h b ^P !in' rank*tb^that ®f '-Paris :i‘the ie^tent is
great,^hut the^ni^nulabtbre^' are trifling; though hbre5 be'•’th e termina- "
lion of the great canal, opened by, Louis X IV , from the Mediterranean
id W i ©aTbnife, a’,Jwork tr-hly magjni6ceta,‘' and Whfeh '.«dopel-svop'jld
prefefve his memory to future ages. Montpellier, on the. M editerranean,
with delicious and highly'.ornamented environs, and: ai noble
aqueduft,' is o f ctTnfuferable extent; but jparticularly ceiehrkted by tfee
falhrarilyfdf hire 'air, >a*pd > an ancieirtTc*hb6H®f medicine.: The pro^q^t
S^h'ngularly extenflYe^ andninterefthag, embradn g tbe. Py^ren s g s ^ n .tbp
and ,on'the!o4hesr,'the'yet granfl^r fup.m'it.^<3f j f e |Alps.61,
Several of th e raolt noble edifices of France. ar.e in Paris, and its Ed;gjes
vicinity.1' L 0-' ^ e a d y .mentioned. ,mpfl; be ,aclded :m e palace*o| .
Verlailles, rather „remarkable h.pwqvpi: fpr,,the; ^rgfofiqjQ of pxpence,
than for the Ikill of the a rc h ite d ; the parts being fmall and u n h a r-1 '
5 Young’ s France, ;. 104,. , 6 Ibid. i. 48.