Sunday, March 21, 1830

1830

March

Sunday 21

6 55/..

12 3/4

Out at 8 – To the bois de Boulogne – Walked just 2 hours from porte Maillot to porte de Neuilly, by Bagettelle to Longchamps, thence down to the river – then by the rue de l’Esperance to Boulogne, and Allée de Bourbon and rue de Madame to La Muette,

and home at 10 3/4 –

Breakfast over at 11 1/2 – Nodding over Volume 2, Haüy’s Physics, article lumière – Dressed – From 12 20/.. to 1 10/.., read the morning service and Sermon 3 Bishop Ogden –

Came to my room at 1 1/4 –

The porter at Bagatelle told me to apply to M. le baron de Damas for permission to see the place, generally shewn on Wednesdays, but might give me another day –

Wrote these 5 lines and then asleep till two.  This sleepiness is terrible – Reading and nodding over Haüy again till 3 50/.., when M. Audoin called and staid till 5 – To go to his house at 1 1/2 on Tuesday to settle about some things for my little apartment and to see a butterfly dissected –

At 5 10/.., my aunt and drove to Madame Galvani’s (I wanted to write to the baron de Damas about seeing Bagatelle) – She was gone out – Returned, and got back at 5 3/4 –

Dressed – Dinner at 6 10/..Read the paper – a great deal aloud – Came to my room at 8 20/.. –

M. Audoin recommends me to get Gravure du Système Nerveux de M. Maennec –

Again reading and nodding over Haüy – What means the constant drowsiness? My cold is better, my sore throat almost gone –

Coffee at 9 20/.. Came to my room at at 10 35/.., at which hour, Fahrenheit 51 1/2° – Fine day – from 10 3/4 to 11 50/.., reading from page 163 to 195, Volume 1, Gregory’s Economy of Nature – on light –

 

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