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11 mentioned in it was then actually ready, & that I might order whatever I pleased, & it wd be immediately brought to me. I made my selection, & while he was bringing what I had ordered, I counted the number of dishes provided that day for our dinner, & found that the total amounted to seventy-five. Nothing was supplied in the scanty way in which every thing was doled out at the Grand Hotel du Louvre; but as a general rule more of every thing was set before you than you cd require: for instance, instead of setting before you a morcel of ice cream, a whole mould was left with you, till you ordered it to be taken away. The next morning I found fifty two things mentioned on the bill of fare for breakfast. Luncheon, tea, & supper are also supplied to its guests by this establishment. On the ground floor are placed the Bar, the Billiard Room, containing twelve tables, & a kind of after-hour stock exchange in which operations are commenced at 8 o'clock p.m. The charge for living in this palatial Hotel was five dollars a day in Greenbacks, that is about sixteen shillings, at the then price of gold.