TALBOT697

Paris,

May 6^th 1816

My Dear Mamma,

Thursday last we went a party of thirteen to see S^t Cloud, ¹ & the manufactory of Sévres China, ² of which we saw some magnificent specimens. In particular, there was a table valued at 35000 francs, that is £1450,, 13,,^s 4^d. Yesterday we went to see Versailles, the Grand Trianon, & the little Trianon, ³ with the same party. The last has a garden in the English style, made by Marie Antoinette, ⁴ which is infinitely preferable to the formality of the French tho’ these are amusing enough for a change. We saw an orange tree 395 years old, & another sown by Francis the 1^st. ⁵ The chief pleasure in seeing these places, is I think the acquiring juster ideas of what one has heard so much of.

Valy,
Y^r Aff^te Son

W. H. F. T.

Lady Elis. Feilding
31 Sackville S^t
London