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SIXTY YEARS IN TEXAS. 313
seilles, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rouen, Brest, Lille and
Strasburg (now German).
Foreign armies camped here three times-the
Allied armies in 1814, the British in 1815 and the
Prussians in 1871. The army of Versailles attacked
the Communists here in 1871.
July 30th: Went to the Trocadero Palace and
Garden. The palace is in the shape of a crescent and
the center consists of a circular edifice of vast proportions,
surmounted by a dome which is 173 feet
in diameter, exceeding the width of St. Peter's at
Rome, or St. Paul's of London, and on each side of
the building are fine proportioned towers, one of
which we ascended by means of an immense elevator,
and got a splendid view of the city of Paris.
Effel Tower I also ascended. This enormous undertaking
is a monument surpassing anything of the
kind hitherto erected; it completely dwarfs into insignificance
every public building. The tower has
three platforms, and is comfortably arranged for
many hundreds of visitors at a time. The third
platform is 863 feet high; the total height 985 feet.
To view the city from the top of it is little more than
a map. The view over France is superb, extending
fifty miles, until the River Seine looks like a mere
silver ribbon. There is a military wall 33 feet high
that surrounds Paris, about 27 miles in circumference,
constructed by order of M. Thiers in 1841,
at a cost of $25,000,000. At various intervals sixteen
detached forts outside the walls, mounted with
heavy artillery, for the defense of the city.
Sunday, July 31st: Went to Effel Tower in the
morning and to the grand boulevard in the evening.
August 1st: Took a train for Boulogne, and
there took boat for Folkestone, and crossed the Channel;
the weather clear and sea calm, and reached
London in the evening, rather tired.
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Jackson, George. Sixty years in Texas, book, 1908; Dallas, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20205/m1/327/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.