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 activities of the present. It is the quarter that strangers love. Upon any one of the fine days of a New Orleans winter, a score or more of these visitors may be seen, strolling through the aisles of the Cathedral, or the halls of the old Cabildo, or sitting in the sun on the benches of Jackson Square watching the leisurely, picturesque procession of passers-by, as the soft bells of the Cathedral mark the no less leisurely procession of the hours.

"Orleans, Gentilly, D'Artaguette, Marigny,   Bourbon! Bourbon! Gayoso, Galvez, Bouligny, Casacalvo, Derbigny,    Don Almonester's bells intone; For Bienville and for Serigny, For d'Iberville, for d'Assigny    They make incessant moan. Orleans, Gentilly D'Artaguette, Marigny,    Bourbon! Bourbon!"