France in Eighteen Hundred and Two Author:Henry Redhead Yorke Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: VI JOURNEY TO CHANTILLY, AND DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE Hebricourt was the next great town upon our route, and here we found another church consecrated t... more »o Reason. The cap of Liberty, appropriately placed upon the weathercock, veered round with every different gust of wind— over the door of the church the words " Temple de la Raison " were inscribed. At Breteuil, twenty-three miles from Amiens, we dined, or rather starved, at the Hotel de l'Ange. They made a thousand apologies for the wretched fare put before us, and explained that there was a fair in the town, and the crowd of country people flocking to it had completely demolished every vestige of provision. After the plates were removed from the table and we had finished our apology for a meal, we visited the fair. There was a great concourse of people, but no noise or disorder. The women were in holiday clothes, wearing close caps. The men were decently attired, but with cocked hats, which gave them a most puritanical appearance. I did not see a single person intoxicated, nor much show of articles of trade. There were many Merry Andrews, quack doctors and puppet shows. During the greater part of our journey from Amiens to Breteuil we observed lands in much better order and farmhouses neater and more comfortable than any we had seen in France ; the country is agreeably diversified, and woods appear in every direction. After Breteuil the country becomes flat and the soil chalky. We changed horses at Wavigny, St. Just and Clermont, the latter being twenty-seven miles from Breteuil. The road was paved and in excellent order, the country pleasing and fertile, and woods frequent. A little before we reached Clermont we passed thegrounds and plantations of the Duke de Fitzjames. The elegant Chateau was completely...« less