. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER NINTH. THE BIRDS IN THE PALACE GARDEN. Dear Boys and Girls N 1 through the visiting or passinggardens of the Tuileries, the palacewhere the Emperor Napoleon lives— w^hich I do almost every day w^henI am well — I have often witnessed a verybeautiful thing. I must tell you that this gar-den is in two parts. One is for the use ofthose who live in the palace, exclusively; noone else ever ventures there. This is muchsmaller than the other part, although still verylarge. It is beautifully laid out in walks, withfountains in d
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER NINTH. THE BIRDS IN THE PALACE GARDEN. Dear Boys and Girls N 1 through the visiting or passinggardens of the Tuileries, the palacewhere the Emperor Napoleon lives— w^hich I do almost every day w^henI am well — I have often witnessed a verybeautiful thing. I must tell you that this gar-den is in two parts. One is for the use ofthose who live in the palace, exclusively; noone else ever ventures there. This is muchsmaller than the other part, although still verylarge. It is beautifully laid out in walks, withfountains in different parts, and has a greatdeal of shrubbery. It is separated from thelarger portion by a handsome iron fence, ex- THE BIRDS IN THE PALACE GARDEN. I09 cept at the centre, where there is a large irongate and a wide carriage-drive, by which theEmperor and Empress, often, as they return fromtheir ride in the streets of Paris, in their car-riage with four horses and out-riders, enter. Atthis gate there are always at least two soldierson guard. The other part
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