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who received me with great politenefs. In the hurry and occupations of very extenfive commercial purfuits, this amiable old gentleman had found leisure to indulge himself in works of tafte. His noble fortune enabled him to gratify his liberal inclinations. I found him feated in his compting-house, which, from its handsome furniture and valuable paintings, refembled an elegant cabinet. I ftated the conduct of the municipality towards us, and requested his affistance. After he had fhown me his apartments, a fine collection of drawings, by fome of the first masters, and fome more excellent paintings, we parted with an af furance that he would immediately wait upon the mayor, who was his friend, and had no doubt but that he fhould in the courfe of the next day enable us to leave Havre when and in what manner we pleased. With this agreeable piece of intelligence, I immediately returned to the inn, where it induced us to drink health and fuccefs to the friendly merchant in another hottle of champaign.

CHAPTER III.

Pafsports procured.-Coins.-Town of Havre.Carts.-Citoyen.-Honfleur.-Deferters.-Prefect

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de Marine.-Ville de Sandwich.-French Farmers.-Sir Sidney Smith.-Catharine de Medicis.--Light Houfes.-Rafts..

IF Havre had been a Paradise, the feelings of reftraint would have difcolored the magic fcenery, and turned the enlivening green to a cheerlefsbarren brown.

As we could relish nothing, until we had procured our release, the first place we visited the next morning was, once more, the refidence of the municipali ty, where we found that our worthy friend had previously arranged every thing to our wishes, and upon his figning a certificate, that we were peaceable citizens, and had no intention to overturn the republic, our paffports were made out, and upon an exchange of a little fnuff, and a few bows, we retired. The other two Englishmen had their wishes gratified, by the fame lucky incident, which had affifted us. Having changed our guineas for French money, and as in future, when money is mentioned, it will be in the currency of the country, it perhaps may not be unacceptable to fubjoin a table of the old, and new, and republican coins. For every guinea of full weight, which we carried over, we received twentyfour livres, or a louis d'or, which is equal to twenty

Thillings fterling, of course we lost one shilling upon every good guinea, and more, according to the deficiency of weight. The courfe of exchange and commiffion, with our country, I afterwards found at Paris, to be one shilling and eight pence, in the pound fterling, against us, but the difference will be progreffively nearer par, as the accustomed relations of commerce refume their former habits. I was furprised to find the ancient monarchical coin in chief circulation, and that of the republic, very confined. Scarce a pecuniary transaction can occur, but the filent, and eloquent medallion of the unhappy monarch, feems to remind thefe bewildered people of his fate, and their paft misfortunes. Although the country is poor, all their payments are made in cash, this is owing to the fhock given by the revolution, to individual, and confequently to paper credit.

To comprehend their money, it must be known, although the French always calculate by livres, as we do by pounds fterling, that the livre is no coin, but computation.

MONARCHICAL COINS.

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A louis d'or is twenty-four livres Fr. or 20 0 Eng

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A douze fols piece is twelve pence Fr. or 0 6
A fix fols piece is 6d Fr..or

COPPER MIXED WITH SILVER.

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A deux fols, or two pence French, and one penny English, is nearly the fize of our fix pence, but is copper, with a white or filverifh mixture, twelve of thefe make a vingt quatre sols piece, or one shilling English.

They have also another small piece of nearly the fame fize and color, but not fo white, and rather thinner, which is one fol and a half, three halfpence. French, or three farthings English.

COPPER..

A fol is like our halfpenny, value ore penny French, or a halfpenny English, twenty-four of thefe make an English fhilling.

A deux liard piece is half a fol French, or a farthing English.

A liard is a farthing French, and of the value of half a farthing English..

NEW COIN.

A thirty fols piece, is a very beautiful and conven-ient coin, worth one fhilling and three pence English, having a good impreffion of the late king's head on one fide, and the goddefs of liberty on the other; ; it was ftruck in the early part of the revolution.

REPUBLICAN COIN.

SILVER.

A fifteen fols piece is half of the above and very

convenient.

COPPER.

A fix liard is a bit of copper compofition, fuch as the fine cannon are made of, and is worth three fols French, or a halfpenny, and a farthing English.

A cinq centimes is worth a halfpenny and half a farthing English.

The centimes are of the value of half farthings, five of which are equal to the laft coin, they are very fimall and neat.

An early knowledge of these coins, is very neceffary to a stranger, on account of the dishonest advantages which French tradesmen take of their English customers.

To return to my narrative: finding ourselves at liberty to pursue our route, we went from the municipality to the bureau des diligences, and fecured our places in the voiture to Rouen, for the next day.

After this neceffary arrangement, we proceeded to view the town, which is compofed of long and narrow ftreets. The fronts of the houses, which are lofty, are deformed by the fpaces between the naked interfections of the frame work being filled up with mor

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