1 P.M., ordering and march of a procession, and review of
Sappers and Miners.

2 P.M., ascension of grotesque balloons.

2-1/2 P.M., race of velocipedes.

3-1/2 P.M., climbing poles and races in sacks.

5 P.M., performance of music in the _Place de l'Eglise_;
band of the 19th Regiment.

6 P.M., grand dinner in the College Hall, with toasts,
speeches, and concert.

8 P.M., general illumination with Chinese lanterns, &c.

9 P.M., Display of fireworks; procession with torches to
the music of the military band.'

N.B. Every householder is requested to contribute to the gaiety by
illuminating his own house--_By order of the Maire._

How the rather obscure little town of Pont l'Evêque suddenly becomes
important,--how it puts on (as only a French town knows how to do) an
alluring and coquettish appearance; how the people promenade arm and
arm, up the street and down the street, on the dry little _place_, and
under the shrivelled-up trees; how they play at cards and dominoes in
the middle of the road, and crowd to the canvas booths outside the
town--would be a long task to tell. They crowd everywhere--to the