HENRI V, duc de Bordeaux puis comte de CHAMBORD (1820-1883). L.A.S., Padua June 7, 1843, to Count Emmanuel-Timoléon de Brissac, his former aide-de-camp; 3 1/2 pages in-8. On his stay in Padua and Venice. He assures Brissac that his frankness has not displeased him: "my greatest happiness is to know all that my friends think, and to hear all that they have to say to me", in particular from Brissac, who has not ceased to give "proofs of your devotion and friendship"... He has been in Padua for a fortnight, taking the Abano mud "to give my leg back the strength and suppleness it has not yet fully recovered. I've just returned today from Venice, which, thanks to the railroad, is extremely close to Padua; I attended a regatta, or gondola race. This festival, which can only be seen in Venice, was magnificent. The whole of the Grand Canal was superbly decorated, and criss-crossed by a multitude of boats filled with men dressed in the ancient Venetian costume, and other highly picturesque costumes. I was very interested in this beautiful spectacle"...