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museum of painting and sculpture, which, by a curi- 
ous circumstance, is the richest in France, except 
that of Paris. There are not a few of originals of 
great masters; two or three Raphaels ; as many of Sal- 
vator Rosa, Rubens, Poussin, Carlo Dolei, ete., many 
of which I know from engravings. We went next to 
the Medical School, which occupies the former palace 
of the archbishop, who was ousted at the time of the 
revolution. This is one of the oldest medical schools, 
and for a long time very celebrated. It is declining 
now; they have no professor of very great talent at 
present, except Lallemand. I was shown the gallery 
of portraits of the professors from the commencement 
almost, a prodigious number, and some of the old fel- 
lows very queer to look at. I saw also the library, 
the collection of manuscripts, classical, theological, a 
few Persian, Arabic, ete., which fell into their hands 
some year's ago. 
Thence we went to the Garden, looked at plants, 
but did not get on very much, Delile being fonder 
of telling long stories, complaining all the while how 
much he is pressed by his avocations, than of work- 
ing hard. I then arranged my baggage, took a place 
in the diligence for Marseilles, called again on Lady 
Bentham, to take leave; dined with Captain Gordon, 
returned, and went to bed. 
Rose on Wednesday (yesterday) morning at half 
past four; took diligence at five, arrived at Nimes 
at half past ten; had time to take another survey of 
the Amphitheatre, the Maison Carrée, and so forth; 
took breakfast at half past eleven ; off again at twelve, 
passed in sight of Beaucaire and Tarascon; crossed 
the Rhone, here a large river, near its mouth at 
Arles, a curious old town which has nothing modern 
