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worth going twelve miles to see. Mrs. Scott,
Mrs. Cabell, Dr. Cabell, and myself just filled
the pleasant remise which I had engaged our
hostess to furnish whenever I required it, being
advised by a friend, who had made enquiry, that
it was the least expensive and least troublesome
mode of keeping a carriage.
We had a delightful drive, and after going
through the magnificent palace, viewing with
wonder the grandeur and beauty of the painted
ceilings, highly ornamented walls literally cov-
ered with gold, the numerous statues and pic-
tures which to describe would be an endless task,
we went through the park to visit the Trianon,
another palace built by Louis XIV on a spot
where a village of that name formerly stood. It
is 884 feet in length and highly ornamented with
pilasters and columns of red marble, but does not
compare with the magnificence of the Palace
of Versailles. Every kind of shrub and flower
blooms there. It used to be said of the three
principal gardens planted by Louis XIV, ' Ver-
sailles is the garden of Waters, Marly the garden
of Trees, and Trianon the garden of Flowers!
From this we went to the Petit Trianon, which
is situated in a corner of the Park of the great
Trianon, and is a pavilion in the Roman style,
forming a complete square; each front measures
eighty feet in length, and each exhibits a different
specimen of architecture, the whole being deco-