two annexes, one in front and one behind. The grisaille paintings
on the ceiling of the large hall, by Abel de Pujol and Meynier, re-
present the inauguration of the Bourse by Charles X., France receiv-
ing the tributes of nations, the Union of Commerce, Science, and
Art, and the Principal Cities of France.

The Bourse is opened for business daily, except on Sundays and holi-
days, at 12 o'clock ton the 1st and 15th of the month at 11). Admission
is free, but no ladies are allowed inside the hall, where the crush is any-
thing but pleasant. Even under the Peristyle outside, business is animated,
though nothing in comparison with the scene within the hall, which is
thronged by a compact crowd of eager money-seekers. The parquet, at
the end, is railed-off space which the sworn brokers, or agents de change,
are alone privileged to enter. In the centre of this part of the hall is the
corbeille, à circular enclosed space, round which they congregate, making
their offers in loud tones. Various groups in different parts of the hall,
but especially near the parquet, are occupied in taking notes, or conclud-
ing sales or purchases, the prices being regulated by the transactions
going on in the parquet, while other persons are seen handing instruc-
tions to the brokers within the parquet. To the right, not far from the
'corbeille', is the Marché au Comptant for cash transactions, the employés
here shouting out the rates at which the various transactions are concluded.
To the left, at the end of the gallery, is the Coulisse de la Rente (French
government bonds). At 3 o'clock the bell rings and stock-exchange busi-
ness is over for the day.

Adjacent is the Boulevard Montmartre (see p. 82). — The wide
Rue Reaumur (Pl. R, 21, 24; III) leads to the S.E. to the Conserva-
toire des Arts et Métiers (p. 191). At No. 100 in this street is the
entrance to the old Cour des Miracles (p. 83).

8. Quarters to the North of the Interior Boulevards.

To reach the objects of interest situated in this quarter visitors from
central Paris should travel by the Métropolitain (see Appx., p. 36) to the Arc
de Triomphe de l'Etoile, change there, and take another train (in the direction
of the Place de la Nation) to the Place Pigalle. Walk down the Rue
Pigalle (to the left of the station), and at the point where the road forks
either continue straight on to the church of La Trinité (p. 203), or, bearing
to the left, take the Rue de la Rochefoucauld to the (5 min.) Mu?ee
Gustave Moreau (p. 206), and proceed thence to the left by the Rue St.
Lazare to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (p. 206 ; 5 min. farther on). From the
latter church the Rue Maubeuge and Rue de Belzunce lead in less than
7 hr. to St. Vincent de-Paul (p. 20-1). The quickest direct route from the
centre to the last-named church is via the Métropolitain (see above) to the
Boulevard Barbes station, and thence on foot by the Boul. Magenta and
the Rue St. Vincent-de-Paul (to the right) to the (5 min.) church.

Restaurants in this part of Paris, see p. 19.

The Boulevard de Strasbourg (Pl. R, B, 24; III), which unites
the Boul. St. Denis (p.84) and the Gare de l'Est, was laid out by
Haussmann, under Napoleon III., partly to afford more room
for traffic and partly for the sake of clearing away the narrow streets
which lent themselves too easily to the erection of barricades in times
of revolutionary ferment. Beginning at the Gare de l'Est on the N.,
it is prolonged by the Boulevards de Sébastopol (p. 84), du Palais
(p. 255), and St. Michel (p. 263) to the Observatoire (p. 326) on the
S., thus forming one of the main arteries of Paris.