Notes on a Journey Through France - Morris Birkbeck

Excerpt from Notes on a Journey Through France: From Dieppe Through Paris and Lyons; To the Pyrennees and Back Through Toulouse, in July, August and September, 1814, Describing the Habits of the People and the Agriculture of the Country
Twelve years have elapsed since an authentic account has been given of the internal state of France, therefore it is, in some sort, an unknown country. By noting first impressions as we pass along, a line here and there traced according to nature, we may carry home with us a faithful though slight sketch for the entertainment of the friends we have left behind.
A noble pier forming the port, and about twenty unfinished vessels decaying on the stocks, denote past prosperity; whilst the carpenters at work upon some of them give a promise of its revival. Near the landing-place the most prominent object is a newly erected gaudy crucifix; the figure large as life, and painted flesh colour; a naked body, writhing in torture: the Virgin Mary beneath in gay attire, and a crown surmounting all. Such exhibitions must excite horror and disgust: any thing but reverence.
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