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6.— 12. VersailleB, the famous résidence of the French court, 11 miles from Paris.

25. Cent Snicues or Cent-BuisseB, a body of hundred Swiss, form< ing part of the royal guard. They perished in the defence of the Tuileries 1792, in memory whereof the famous ** lion monument," modelled by Thorvaldsen, was sculptured on a rock at Luoeme.

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