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statues, groups, vases, and fountains: andan extensive orangery. On each side ofthe garden is - a thick grove of chestnuttrees, which constitute the chief prome-nade at this end of the town. The ChampsEh/sees reach from them to a considerabledistance up the hill, on each side of theextended avenue of the Thuilleries, form-ing a delightful shade of oak and elm, be-neath which are numerous estaminets andrestaurateurs; and on a Sunday evening thewhole place is crowded with the differentgames and sports which in this dissipatedmetropolis always form the chief part ofthis day’s amusement.

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The Jurdin des Plantes is an object ofgreat attention to all visitors of Paris , espe-cially to botanists. It is of vast extent,and besides its various lawns and wilder-nesses contains a very valuable and exten-sive collection of exotics. Small enclo-sures, prettily wooded and neatly laid out,are inhabited by every species of domesti-cated animals, which have thus the ap-pearance of being in their natural wild state.A remarkably large elephant has a park and