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no menagerie. I saw a girl shot out of a cannon catch the hands of a man swinging in a trapeeze. In a race between some girls on horseback, one of the horses fell on a girl, and then rose up and fell on her again. She was pretty well [?]. Another fellow jumped from a trapeeze into a net, but he did not land right. He hit all in a heap on his neck. I think you could have done that. One man held up seven men hanging on him.





I have seen a big statue here that they are going to send to America. [?] is twice as high as out tower at home. It is so large that ten people can stand in the torch she holds in her hand.





There are lots of arches and monuments set up in Paris. Some of them are very large and tall.





We shall be in Paris about two weeks longer, and then we shall go to Switzerland. They are preparing to get the city ready for a grand celebration and illumination for the 14th of July, which is my birthday as you perhaps remember.





I must go and take my french lesson now, so I cannot write any more.





Your brother,





G. O. Draper