OF A

TOUR AND RESIDENCE

IN

Great Britain,

DURING THE YEARS 1810 AND 1811,

BY

LOUIS SIMOND.

VOLUME FIRST.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED:

TO WHICH IS ADDED

AN APPENDIX ON FRANCE,

WRITTEN IN DECEMBER 1815, AND OCTOBER 1816,

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Company,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH; AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THIS Journal was originally written in English, nearly as it now appears; but being intended chiefly for the benefit of my countrymen, it was fully prepared for publication in French; when it was suggested to me, that, as it could not at that time have been printed on the Continent, if it had any success at all in this country, it would be translated immediately, and, in all likelihood, very wretchedly, and that I had better undertake the task myself, having, in fact, the materials ready. I now, therefore, venture to give the original English Journal, such as it was written at the moment, with very little alteration; having