TALBOT855

Cantileu ¹
24 Septembre

O fie! not to begin your Journal till the 25^th of August ² when you engaged me to begin mine on the 16^th!!! Faithless perjured wretch! - I see that the thunder Storm which visited you at 4 in the Morning travelled here in Eleven hours. Not very quick considering it had no ruts or hills to encounter. I am as follows (for I shall omit the particular account I kept before yours begins, Miscreant!!)

25. August 1819. Fête de S^t Louis, fine Morning, very hot afterwards, Much Thunder, Lightning & rain which began at 3 o'clock.

26. Clouds & Sun contending, Clouds were vanquished.

27. Very hot & brilliant Sunshine.

28. Beautiful Day. Went to see the Caverns at Caumont. very hot.

29. Hot Day. went to the Fête at Montigny.

30. Wet Morning. cleared up. Delightful Day.

31. Stormy day.

1 September - Cloudy [illegible] Showery wet Day

2. Cloudy & showery.

3. Very mild. Walked out by Moonlight till 11 at Night.

4. Delightful Day. Drove in the Ev^g to La Vaupaliere.

5. Close still morning, suddenly changed to a tempest about 3 o'clock.

6. Fine day with occasional Showers.

7. Un tems fort chargé. ³ Louisa & Lord L. ⁴ went on to Paris. Wet Evening.

8. muggy mizzly morning. Fine day afterwards.

9. Foggy Morning. Very fine day.

10. Very thick fog; which turned to the most delightful day possible.

This is all I have room for at present, but I never miss putting it down daily in a book I bough[t]⁵ pour [illegible] pour te complaire. ⁶ On the whole we had excellent weather & cannot much complain of Normandy tho' I never wish to see its face again. Lord Auckland ⁷ is just gone to England via Le Havre & I have sent by him a pair of Elastic garters such as you were wont to like. They will be left sealed up & directed to you with the Porter at Lansdowne House ⁸ where you must enquire as you pass thro' town

Send me y^r Régîstre du temps⁹

W. H. Fox Talbot Esq^r
Ilfracombe
Devonshire
Angleterre