JOHN STUART MILL. 705 



recreation). Wrote out the account of his expenditure since leaving 

 Paris, gives the items, amounting to one hundred and forty-eight francs. 

 Describes the peasants' dance. 19th. Rose early. Finished the Hcr- 

 motimus of Lucian, and yesterday's tragedy ; wrote French exercises. 

 After breakfast, assisted in packing up, as the family are leaving the 

 chateau for a residence in Toulouse. Finds time before dinner for 

 another tragedy of Voltaire. In the evening, took to an article in the 

 Annales de Chimie (his interest in Chemistiy being now of four years' 

 standing). 20fch. Occupied principally with preparations for leaving. 

 21st. The house in confusion. Still he does a good stroke of French 

 reading. 22d. In bed till after nine ; could not account for it. The 

 confusion is worse confounded ; doesn't know what to do about his 

 books ; is now debarred from the library. Has taken out his exercise- 

 book from his trunk, and written a considerable portion of exercises. 

 Has added to his Livre Statistique ; the Departments are now fully in 

 his head : next topic the course of the Rivers — an occupation when he 

 has nothing else to do. 23d. Rose at three o'clock, to finish packing 

 for departure. As there could be no reading, at five he takes a long 

 country walk to Fronton ; gives two pages of the diary to a description 

 of the country and the agriculture. Books being all locked up, he ex- 

 pects to feel ennui for a little time. Writes some of his Livre, con- 

 verses with two intelligent workmen, gives particulars. After dinner, 



walks to the villao-e of on the Garonne, describes the river itself 



in the neighborhood. In the evening, being the " VeiUe de St. Jean," 

 saw the fires lighted up in the district. 24th. Lay in bed purposely 

 late, having nothing to do. M. Le Comte (son of the proprietor) comes 

 in, and politely oifers him the key of the library, shows him a book of 

 prints ; he also scores a tragedy of Voltaire. As this is the last day 

 before moving to Toulouse, he makes a pause, and dispatches his seven 

 days' diary to his father, accompanied with a short letter in French to 

 R, Doane, Bentham's amanuensis, chiefly personal and gossipy ; none 

 of his letters to Mr. Doane take up matters of thought. 25th. Rose at 

 half past two for tlie journey. He walks out on foot, to be overtaken 

 by a char-a-banc, with part of the family. One of the girls drove part 

 of the way, and gave him the reins for the remainder, as a lesson in 

 driving. They take up their quarters in one of the streets, where they 

 have a very good " Apartment " (I suppose a flat); still, after the chateau, 

 they feel considerably cramped ; his room a little hole, which he pro- 

 ceeds at once to arrange, having got shelves for his books. Same night 

 finishes Lucian's B(wv lipaaig, and reads some of Thomson's Chemistry, 

 which is part of his own library'. 



The family remains in Toulouse for some time. We have his diary 

 for nearly six weeks. It is the intention of the Benthams to find him, 

 not merely a French master, but instruction in various accomplishments 

 — music, dancing, fencing, horsemanship. It is some time before the 

 arrangements are made, so that his first days are purely devoted to 



