Paris herself again in 1878-9 . srs. Gillow for the Prince of Wales, can, it seems, be easilytaken to pieces; the Old English house of Messrs. Collinson &Lock, and the adjoining Queen Anne house erected by Mr. W. , can be removed without much difficulty; while theRussian isba, which is very picturesque to look at, but is composedof that certainly not expensive material, pitch pine, will serve verywell after its demolition for firewood, if for no other purpose. All these ornate and characteristic erections will speedily have1 to clear out; and it will be the same with the Turkish Mos
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . srs. Gillow for the Prince of Wales, can, it seems, be easilytaken to pieces; the Old English house of Messrs. Collinson &Lock, and the adjoining Queen Anne house erected by Mr. W. , can be removed without much difficulty; while theRussian isba, which is very picturesque to look at, but is composedof that certainly not expensive material, pitch pine, will serve verywell after its demolition for firewood, if for no other purpose. All these ornate and characteristic erections will speedily have1 to clear out; and it will be the same with the Turkish Mosque,the Algerian Palace, the Persian Pavilion, the Chinese Pagoda, theJapanese Farm, with its fountain, so much resorted to by thirstyfair ones ; and also with the bustling Oriental Bazaar, where pro-vincials perpetually chaffer with Turcs des Batignolles for gimmicksouvenirs of the departing Exhibition. In the British section thereare many outward and visible signs of things being not only going, 22 l PARIS IIKRSELF THE JAPANESE FOUNTAIN. Tjut gone. Empty glass cases are numerous; and packing-cases andsawdust, canvas and straw, and the sound of hammers, are every-where. It will be no childs play to remove all the heavy machinery,the Armstrong guns, the ponderous bells, the huge Hungarian tun,the gigantic Creusot hammer, or the colossal head of the bronzestatue of Liberty, which is to be set up as a lighthouse at theentrance of New York Harbour, and the internal organism of whichthe curious are incessantly inspecting. Workmen have alreadycommenced dismantling the Mouchot apparatus, which collectedthe rays of the sun in a huge inverted funnel, and heated a boilerwith them, reminding one of certain proceedings of the Laputanphilosopher whom Gulliver found engaged in extracting sunbeamsfrom cucumbers, and prudently bottling them up for future use.
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