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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 Eaphaels ; as many of Sal- 

 vator Rosa, Rubens, Poussin, Carlo Dolci, etc., 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, etc., which fell into their hands 

 some years 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 Carree, 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 

 Aries, a curious old town which has nothing modern 



