122 . EUROPEAN OBSERVATIONS.

at the head of }:he table. Mr. Gambardilli, the celebra-
ted portrait painter, is there also. He makes a com-
panion of me, and gives me many proofs of friendship.

Lord B., in whatever aspect you view him, has some-
thing very remarkable about him. There is nobody like
him. In conversation he is fluent and pleasing; two
mortal hours and a half over a table. Why, if we had
a Yankee here, a green ’un,,and he saw us sitting so
long at table, he would give us a sermon on Time, with
a nasal, I know he would.

Lord Brougham’s house is not extravagantly beautiful
upon the outside, but the interior is superb.

Nezt day. A bright, clear morfiing greeted us. The
bustle of the city is not so much felt in the west end, and
by the advice of C. F. Dennentt, of Boston, I am pleas-
antly quartered in George Street, Hanover Square. At
a short distance is Regent Street and Park : west of mo
is Hy&e Park; on the south is 8t. James’ Park, and on
the south side of this is the palace of the Queen.

This day I visit the Zoological Giardens, te see the Ele-
_phant, and more particularly the Hippopotamus, who
seems to be the pivot of motion and attraction for the

Londoners in dog-days. Dr. W. was to have gone, but