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52 enthusiasm with which he was received throughout his whole progress number of troops reviewed [ms torn] been 100000. Immediately after the review all crowded in the Tuileries garden to hear the music. the place contained 500 musicians. . . I was engaged with ladies to go out and see the illumination and fire works. No pen can give the discription of it if I was to try I would only spoil it so I only will tell you it is impossible that any person can give a real discription. . . I shall endeavour to settle in Paris that is if I can enter in the hospital, but before settling I shall pay you all a visit I am at this moment preparing for two concourses I do not know if I shall succeed for they are very difficult but I hope to have distinguished myself in it ... May God Bless you and your father and mother

Yours truly Cousin

John Macloughlin

Rue de la Paix No 8

August 1833

Fort Vancouver 1st Feby 1835

My Dear Cousin

Your kind letter of the 20th April last reached me on the 16th Octr by which I had the pleasure to be informed of your Welfare. I am as you may suppose happy to see that you have acquired a complete knowlege of keeping Books and as you justly observe a Knowledge of Goods is highly important and with the opportunities you have you cannot fail to become perfectly acquainted with them and with Mercantile Business in General and this with Industry and OEconomy you will be certain to make your way through the World. I had a long letter from John he says he is Studying and on his own account I hope he is. I suppose by this time that he has taken his Degrees. Whether he will settle in France or come back to Canada I cannot say. I see you all Expected me down and in truth I had given Reasons to Expect I would do so But Circumstances arose which prevented my being able to do so, though certainly nothing could give me greater pain than to be obliged to Deprive myself of the pleasure of seeing my Relations and friends. In one of your former letters you mention that there was a Young mans Society formed in Montreal pray is it still going on. I would think it a most