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94 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [ Doc. 206.
beth, which is directly opposite. On the way back I saw the
Church of St. Jaques-de-la-Boucherie,* and thus returned
home.
September 28. I was at the opera, where they acted the
Gallant Europa, a beautiful piece ; among the gentlemen
dancers Malphe [Malter ?] was the best, and also the young
Dumolin ; among the lady dancers Briton and Mariette ;
among the singers Mademoiselle Benissie [ Pellecier ?] distin
guished herself.
September 30. I was at my bankers, Messrs. Tourton &
Baire, as well as at Messrs. Lavalle & David ; the former live
in the Place des Victoires ; the latter, who deal in fancy ware
and porcelain, in the Rue St. Honoré.
October 2. I changed my quarters, and removed to the Rue
de l’Observatoire, opposite the establishment of the Corde
liers.t
October 3. I was in the church of the Cordeliers, which
is double ; and in their convent, which is a magnificent palace.
October 4. I was in the Tuileries and the Avenue des
Tuileries, until I reached a village called " Shai” [?], where
there are two convents ; and at a greater distance was the
Palais de Madrid, which is rather antiquated. Opposite the
Tuileries, on the other side of the river, the Hótel de la Du
chesse appears, which is magnificent. There is a pleasant
promenade, where I speculated on the forms of the particles
in the atmosphere.
October 10. I understood that the great revenue of France
obtained by the system of taxation called tithing, amounts to
32 millions [livres], or nearly 192 tons of gold, and that Paris
on account of its rents contributes nearly two-thirds ofthat sum.
In the country towns this tax, it is said, is not properly collected,
as the rents are reported at a lower figure than they amount to
in reality, so that scarcely three per cent is collected. I am
told, besides, that the ecclesiastical order possesses one-fifth
of all the property in the state, and that the country will be
ruined, if this goes on much longer.
Now the Tour St. Jacques, at the corner of the Rue de Rivoli and
the Boulevard de Sebastopol.
A religious order founded by St. Francis.
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