We Met And Greeted Several Of Our
Fellow-Passengers, For Though Little Conversation, In Consequence Of
The Inclemency Of The Weather, Had Taken Place On Board The Phenix,
We All Seemed To Congratulate Each Other Upon Our Escape From The
Horrors Of The Voyage.
The gale increased rather than abated, and we now began to entertain
fears of another day's detention at Havre,
The steamer from Rouen not
having arrived; and though we were very comfortably lodged, and found
the town superior to the expectations we had formed of a sea-port of
no very great consideration, we had no desire to spend more time in it
than we could help.
Havre appears to carry on a considerable commerce with India, several
shops being wholly devoted to the sale of the productions of the
East, while the number of parrots and monkeys to be seen show that the
intercourse must be very extensive. The shops had a very English
air about them, and though the houses were taller, and rather more
dilapidated in their appearance, than they are usually found at home,
they reminded us of familiar scenes. Hamlet was announced for the
evening's performance at the theatre, and but for the novelty of
dining at a table d'hote, we might have fancied ourselves still in
England.
The Hotel de l'Europe is the best in Havre; there are several others
very respectable, and more picturesque, from the ancient style of the
building: all were full, intercourse with Havre being on the
increase.
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