CHAP. XI.
Education.—Drawing-master.—Other private teachers.—Climate of England and of Avignon compared.—Degree of heat.—The bise or north-wind.—Rent.—Society.—Avignon inhabited by provincial gentry.—Number of French nobility.—Mode of letting farms.—On what tenure and for what consideration.—Excellent wines of the Rhone and of Provence.—On the duties upon French wines in England.—The author sets the example of burning coals at Avignon.—Dearness of fire-wood.—Domestic economy in France.—Comparison of expenses in the two countries.—Amount of savings.—The author's advice on this head is the result of experience.
CHAP. XII.
Remains of antiquity at Avignon, Nismes, St. Remy, and Arles.—Visit to Vaucluse.—Cavern of the Sources.—Dinner at Lisle.—Henry Kenelm, elder son of the author.—His birth.—Educated at Stoneyhurst in Lancashire.—The regulations and course of studies at that college.—He accompanies the author to the continent.—His scruples.—Observations on the study of the learned languages and of French.
CHAP. XIII.
Excursion to the Pont du Gard.—The author meets with an Irish officer in the French service.—The stately aqueduct described.—Arrival at Nismes.—The Maison Quarrée.—Its surprising beauty.—The amphitheatre of Nismes.—Temple of Diana.—The Tour Magne.—Frejus.—Remarks on the neighbouring coast.—The Protestants of Nismes.—Supper and a political discussion at the inn (The Louvre) at Nismes.—Affray between the Catholics and Protestants soon after the restoration.