Sunday, October 24, 1830 Travel Journal

1830

October

Sunday 24

8 20/..

2

All out at 9 35/.. – Beautiful picturesque walk winding up the hill to the old castles – Delightful, balmy air – Fine views of the sea –

Home at 10 50/.. – Breakfast at 11 – Prayers in my own room to my servants in 1/2 hour at 12 1/2 –

Then asleep, waiting to go out with the rest – 3 asses ordered – All out at 2 10/.. – Lady Stuart tired and did not dare ride – Rested every now and then and near 2 hours before we got to Notre dame .  .  .  very fine view from there of the sea and town surrounding beautiful hills, green and wooded, and of the rich plain from the town to the sea – All salted plants – pomegranate, myrtle, arbutus, butcher’s broom with red berries growing out from the leaves, – a very little juniper, and cork trees and cistres and several aromatic plants we did not know.  Very tall reeds along the road in the plain –

Home at 5 50/.. – Dinner at 6 1/4 – Tea between 8 and 9 – The rest went to bed at 9.  

Lady Stuart and I sat talking till 12 3/4 – On the education of girls, the great thing is to make them agreeable.  Had before talked of Paris and my studies there, had anatomy master and a skeleton at the Jardin des Plantes.  She thought I should like the British Museum.  Her father liked to have anyone to take, would take me, and then afterwards I could go when I liked

 Madame de Stael did not like Lord Stuart – He would not let her ask him questions – The Duke of Wellington very good natured to her –

I had never disagreed with her on the education of children, thanked heaven I had none of my own, but would not have over-educated them.  Too much mind bad for a woman.  Good sense and judgment the main things.  She argued a man never prized a woman so much for mind as person, and that women are the inferiors in mind and body.  More littleness and trick and childbearing marked the difference.  I argued gently that both were in some sort the work of education, from being kept under and from dress.

On politics, asked if I would have women [vote] – No, not if married, but I would have property represented –

Settled to leave here on Thursday, spend Friday at Toulon – get to Aix on Saturday – They stay Sunday and I go to Vaucluse, meet them and all and sleep at Avignon Monday – One day in Lyons, and at Paris by the 10th November –

So an end of Nice.  Have said nothing about it.  I came for society, not sightseeing.  I had better stick to her.  She is more and more at ease with me and I will not leave her before the time.

Very fine day – Fahrenheit 67° at 2 p.m. and 65° now at 1 20/.. tonight –


WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/TR/8/0035 and SH:7/ML/TR/8/0036


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