nd from which the foregoing information has been
obtained) mentions three or four _wrecks_ which have taken place in
the immediate vicinity of Quillebeuf: and it should seem that a _calm_
is, of all things, the most fatal. The currents are strong, and the
vessel is left to the mercy of the tides in consequence. There are
also rocks and sand banks in abundance. Among the wrecks, was one, in
which a young girl of eighteen years of age fell a victim to the
ignorance of the pilot. The vessel made a false tack between _Hode_
and _Tancarville_, and running upon a bank, was upset in an instant.
An English vessel once shared the same calamity. A thick fog suddenly
came on, when the sloop ran upon a bank near the _Nez de Tancarville_,
and the crew had just time to throw themselves into the boat and
escape destruction. The next morning, so sudden and so decisive was
the change wrought by the sand and current, that, of the sloop, there
remained, at ebb-tide, only ten feet of her mast visible! It appears
that the _Quillebois_, owing to their detached situation, and their
peculiar occupations, speak a very barbarous French. They have a sort
of sing-song method of pronunciation; and the _g_ and _j_ are
strangely perverted by them. Consult the memoir here referred to;
which occupies forty octavo pages: and which forms a sequel to a
previous communication (in 1810) "upon the Topography and Medical
properties of Quillebeuf and its adjacent parts." The author is M.
Boismare. His exordium is a specimen of the very worst possible taste
in composition. One would suppose it to be a prelude to an account of
the discovery of another America!

[89] ["The Roman Circus (says M. Licquet) is now departmental property.
Many excavations have already taken place under the directions of
Mons. Le Baron de Vanssay, the present Prefect of the Department. The
most happy results may be anticipated. It was in a neighbouring
property that an ANTIQUE BRONZE GILT STATUE, of the size of life, was
lately found," vol. i. 194. Of this statue, Mr. Samuel Woodburn, (with
that spirit of liberality and love of art which have uniformly
characterised his purchases) became the Owner. The sum advanced for it
was very considerable; but, in one sense, Mr. W. may be said to have
stood as the Representative of his country; for the French Government