Thursday, July 16, 1829

1829 July 16 Thursday

(Got up at) 5 20/60

 Breakfast at 6 20/60.

Fiacre took me up at my own door whence to the Jardin des Plantes in 1/2 hour at 7 20/60.  10 minutes too soon and a rainy morning, so got a good place.   31st botanical lecture from 7 1/2 to 8 1/2.  Besides recapitulation, we had the 2 familles naturelles malvacées and myster.  Àpropos malvacées,  Miss Hobart having asked me on Tuesday about bains de guimauve, index Merat p. 319 guimauve Althaea (αλτοσ, remède), Mauve, Malva, mallow, (μαλσσω, j’amollis).

Spoke to Monsieur Desfontaines in coming out.  Asked him about guimauve.  He said the druggists made a pâte de la racine, and that the bains de guimauve were adoucissants.  Asked if I could buy the plant at the marché aux fleurs.  Yes!  But I might have done out of the Jardin instead.  Therefore, as walking about reading my Chemistry lecture as usual, went to one of the serres and asked for Neuman the gardener.  Talked to him some time.  Might get plants from England along with those coming to the Jardin.  He was there writing to Loddiges of Hackney about plants to be sent.  He told me where to find the guimauve and I just got a sight of it before the gate of the École was closed at 9; would open again from 10 to 2, and again from 3 to 6, for students.  Monsieur Neuman told me Monsieur de Mirbel would afficher his cours tomorrow,  to begin in about a fortnight on vegetable physics as applied to agriculture.  No plants allowed to be kept now in the serres during the winter, since those really belong to the serres, défendu by the express order of Monsieur de Mirbel.  The permission was abused while granted.

Went to the amphitheatre at 9 – read the  lecture for today.  36th Chemical lecture began at 9 20/60.  A salt mine recently (2 or 3 years ago) (vide leçon 36ième p. page 485) discovered ‘très riche à Vic près Château-Saulieu’.  He observed that l’hydrochlorate de baupte est un des plus beaux sels apri mistent qui existent.  Went away at 10 20/60.  To the 25th lecture on mollusques from 10 1/2 to 11 48/60.  There will be no lecture on the mollusques on Saturday; the next will be Mardi prochain. 19th Geological lecture from 12 to 2 till it has struck 2, as would the case on Tuesday.

Walked home in an hour – cool comparatively today, and pleasant walking.  Found a letter from Mister Briggs and ditto from Messers Rawson.  Mister Briggs, after saying he had sent the account additions, ‘I have kept it open for several days with an idea that the money due from Thomas Greenwood for the wood also some pew seats and the tithe due from Walsh’s expiry – but  have been disappointed receiving them.  Greenwood says he will pay in a fortnight’.  Some change made in ‘the water that comes out of Wilkinson’s land to Lower brea – Mister Norris had made some change in it. . . . . not likely to be any difficulty about it – . . .’  Mr. Parker wishes me to say that the chancery suit is still going on, although Wilkinson said it would not.  I have let the Marshes to Mr. Robinson  the apothecary at 12 guineas – it is a little lower but I think he will be a good tenant’.  I am not satisfied about this.  I desired the land to be let at the old rent.  Would make no abatement, but would allow something even as much as the 1st year’s rent if necessary.  Besides, I hear nothing of the lease that was to be signed before taking possession, the yearly running lease, verbatim same as that signed by Jackman.

Messers Rawson have remitted Ƚ500 to Hammersleys and I have now a balance in their hands of one hundred and twenty five pounds sixteen shillings and seven pence.  Then there are sixty pounds due from Thomas Greenwood.  Surely there will be above a hundred lent at Christmas.  

Went into my aunt.  Never named Rawson’s letter.  Read her Briggs’ but dwelt chiefly on Greenwoods not paying.  She never even noticed what was said about Oates and Pearson not coming into my terms so must give them notice to quit, so I said nothing of raising the rents. She asked if the navigation paid fourteen percent,

Forest came at 4 and cut my hair.  Cameron to have about 10 lessons in hair dressing and cutting at 3/. per lesson.  He to come here; to begin on Monday.  Then wrote the above of today and had just done at 5 1/2 --  Dinner at 6 20/60 --  just before and after (came to my room at 8 1/4).  Wrote out pages 47, 48, lecture 11 mollusques, and wrote out lecture 16 mammifères – lectures of 2nd and 3rd instante mense.

Coffee at 9 20/60.

 

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/12/0056 and SH:7/ML/E/12/0057