TALBOT2950

July 16. 1834

Lacock

My Dear M^r F.

You have not informed me whether you approve of the route I sent you, thro’ Compiègne ¹ &c. –

If you go that way you will find tolerable inns, except at Salins ² which is very bad; but I think a new inn was building there, & you can enquire whether it is finished. It is a picturesque town close to an immense insulated mountain called “le Poupet”. When you get to S. Cergues ³ you must take a guide & walk for a distance of half a mile thro’ a wood, which takes you out upon a meadow on the brow of the Jura, where you discover the celebrated view: – The best time for seeing it is near sunset, & it is of the greatest sublimity – You see it only imperfectly from the carriage road, therefore remember to take a guide to this point de vue. ⁴

I am concerned that you do not take Antonio, ⁵ as he will have lost all chance I fear of a place for this season, everybody will be gone abroad –

I hope you received 2 letters at the Post Office at Farnham. ⁶

Yours aff^ly

Henry

The Times ⁷ today compares Ld A^{<d?> 8} to an armchair.