Sunday, April 4, 1830

1830

April

Sunday 4

7 5/..

12 25/..

Fahrenheit 55° at 8 a.m. Out at 8 5/.. to the bois de Boulogne – My usual walk to the La Muette gate and then walked very nearly to the barriere.  Home at 10 25/.. – Breakfast over at 11 5/.. – Dressed – Had 1/2 hour’s nap – Prayers from 12 35/.. to 1 1/4 – Sat talking to my aunt –

Went out at 2 10/.. – Drove (by Vincennes) to Pont de St. Maur, and alighted on the bridge at 3 20/..  – Stood some time on the bridge and at the foot of it – Then walked through the voûte du canal (the tunnel) 600 meters long – 5 meters high to the centre of the vault, channel 4 meters 75 centimeters deep, with chemin de halage (towing path) 2 meters wide, opening into a handsome basin 120 meters by 30 meters, a lock from this into a smaller basin from  which a lock opening into the river (Marne) – Very handsome piece of work – This short cut of canal saves a detour of 2 lieues by the river, which navigation was difficult and dangerous in winter – Rocks in this part of the river which were dangerous –

Luckily met a respectable party in the voûte – One of the females as good as a cicerone –

Mongolfier had a paper mill close by, but he had lately sold it; and strangers are not now admitted –

Got into the carriage again at 4 20/.. – The gates open on Sundays only, so drove through the bois de Vincennes to Charenton – Stood a minute or 2 on the bridge there – The new bridge of Ivry (iron bridge but not  suspension ) very pretty over the Seine – First below the junction of the Marne and Seine – Very near to us – but had not time to go to it – Must drive here some other day –

Home at 6 1/4 – Dressed – Dinner at 6 40/.. Read the paper and supplement – Came to my room at 8 40/.. –

On coming home, found the card of ‘Le Comte Zamoyski, p.p.c’ –

Cold all today, and no sun – A few drops of rain as we drove along the boulevards home and rain  enough to have wet the streets soon after we came in –

Wrote all but the first 2 lines of today – Coffee at 9 25/.. – Came to my room at 10 1/2 – Settled accounts – Reading till 11 3/4, Volume 1 Flore Française.  In the course of today have read of this volume from page 174 to 201.

Fahrenheit 40° at 11 3/4 p.m. and rainy night –


WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/13/0022

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