Tuesday, March 23, 1830

1830

March

Tuesday 23

8 50/..

1 10/..

Got up for 20 minutes at 7, but lay down on the bed and slept – Breakfast at 9 3/4 in 20 minutes  –

M. Julliart came 10 – and staid till 12 55/.. 19th lesson – brought another sheep’s eye – dissected it in part myself – He separated the sclerotic from the choroide, and both from the retina, and shewed me each of the 3 membranes, particularly the latter, very well –

At 1 20/.. Set off to M. Audoin’s – Admitted into his cabinet d’étude – His wife drawing –

Painting a small wooden table beautifully – Never saw people look happier – Quite taken with his nice, light study – Pamphlets and manuscripts beautifully arranged in little portefeuilles made so as to contract or enlarge at pleasure – Saw the abdominal contents of a largeish butterfly – Very curious –

About 1/2 hour there – M. Audoin then went with me to my little apartment – Paid him for brick floors covering and for the fastening penny to the porter –

Then drove to Bechet’s – bought the Flore Française – Cuvier’s Complete Anatomy sold –

Then, M. Audoin having said he knew of a copy in the rue des Mathurins, went resolved to take the sellers of books by houserow – At the 2nd attempt found the place – and after a very long bargaining and talking got the work at 55/., having said at last that M. Audoin was de une connaissance of  whom they had only asked 60/. – Had asked me 65/. at first –

Then called and sat about 1/4 hour  at the de Noés with the 2 girls – Mademoiselle de Noé gave me the billet d’admission to see all travaux publics –

Left my card at Madame Droz’s (all out) asking them to come tomorrow evening –

Paid for shoes and gloves, and home at 5 10/.. –

Dressed – Reading the beginning of Volume 1,. introduction, 22 pages  and work itself first 19  pages, Complete Anatomy –

Dinner at 6 10/.. – Read (a little aloud) the paper  – Came to my room at 7 35/.. – Wrote the whole of this page – till 8 1/4 –

M. Audoin gave me this morning letter to M. Haase, conservateur des manuscrits à la bibliothèque royale, and billet d’admission for the porcelaine manufactory at Sèvres –

Cuvier’s lectures put off from Saturday last to the 13th of next month –

Coffee at 9 1/4 – Came to my room at 10 1/2 – read till 12 Volume 1, Flore Française, Introduction 16 pages of the Discours preliminaire –

Very fine day – Fahrenheit 50° at 10 1/2 p.m.

 WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/13/0016

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