text:  We found the town in an uproar; and as no masters could be had at this place that could speak a word of English and that all masters that could speak English grammatically attend at the places that are frequented by the English which is St Omer Lisle Dunkirk and Boulogne to the northward of Paris and as I had no intention of travelling to the south of France till the spring at any rate I determined with Mac's advice to steer for St Omer where we arrived last Tuesday; and I own I was surprised to find that instead of a dirty nasty town which I had always heard it represented to find a large city well paved good streets and well lighted