. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ned the king. The next room is the Queens Saloon, where her Majesty heldher receptions on State occasions. It was the scene of many abrilliant gathering in the old days of the palace. It opens intothe Queens Ante-Chamber, a handsome hall in which the Royalfamily dined on extraordinary occasions. The next room is the Salle des Gardes, and was occupied bythe Queens body-guard. When the crowd broke into thepalace, on the morning of the 6th of October, 1789, theymade their first attack here.
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ned the king. The next room is the Queens Saloon, where her Majesty heldher receptions on State occasions. It was the scene of many abrilliant gathering in the old days of the palace. It opens intothe Queens Ante-Chamber, a handsome hall in which the Royalfamily dined on extraordinary occasions. The next room is the Salle des Gardes, and was occupied bythe Queens body-guard. When the crowd broke into thepalace, on the morning of the 6th of October, 1789, theymade their first attack here. This is the last of the State GENERAL GRANTS VISIT TO PARIS. 245 apartments, and from it you pass into the picture galleries ofthe south wing. The Park of Versailles lies back of the Palace, and is magnifi-cently laid off and ornamented with statuary and fountains. Thegrounds are very extensive, are kept with great care, and con-stitute one of the most beautiful parks in the world. The autumn days passed pleasantly away, and December pleasantest season for visiting the Mediterranean and Egypt. HOTEL DE VILLE (CITY HALL)—PARIS. had now arrived, ana! General Grant determined to avail himselfof it. Accordingly he left Paris with his party in the early partof December, and travelled leisurely to the south of France. A brief visit was made to Lyons, the principal city of southernFrance, and its principal objects of interest were is the second city in the Republic. It is the chief seatof the silk trade, and the focus where the commerce of the northand south converges. It contains a population of 325,954 in-habitants, and is a fortress of the first class. 246 AROUND THE WORLD. Lyons stands on both banks of the Saone and Rhone, but thelargest part occupies the tongue of land between these tworivers, extending from the heights covered by the populoussuburb of La Croix Rousse, the residence of the silk-weavers,down nearly to the confluence of the rivers, towards
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