Education.--Drawing-master.--Other private teachers.--Climate of England and of Avignon compared.--Degree of heat.--The _bise_ or north-wind.--Rent.--Society.--Avignon inhabited by provincial gentry.--Number of French nobility.--Mode of letting farms.--On what tenure and for what consideration.--Excellent wines of the Rhone and of Provence.--On the duties upon French wines in England.--The author sets the example of burning coals at Avignon.--Dearness of fire-wood.--Domestic economy in France.--Comparison of expenses in the two countries.--Amount of savings.--The author's advice on this head is the result of experience. 245 CHAP. XII. Remains of antiquity at Avignon, Nismes, St. Remy, and Arles.--Visit to Vaucluse.--Cavern of the Sources.--Dinner at Lisle.--_Henry Kenelm_, elder son of the author.--His birth.--Educated at Stoneyhurst in Lancashire.--The regulations and course of studies at that college.--He accompanies the author to the continent.--His scruples.--Observations on the study of the learned languages and of French. 263 CHAP. XIII. Excursion to the Pont du Gard.--The author meets with an Irish officer in the French service.--The stately aqueduct described.--Arrival at Nismes.--The Maison Quarrée.--Its surprising beauty.--The amphitheatre of Nismes.--Temple of Diana.--The Tour Magne.--Frejus.--Remarks on the neighbouring coast.--The Protestants of Nismes.--Supper and a political discussion at the inn (_The Louvre_) at Nismes.--Affray between the Catholics and Protestants soon after the restoration. 289 CHAP. XIV. Executions at present uncommon.--Mission preached at Avignon.--An account of the Missionnaires.--An old French officer.--The author makes acquaintance with the grandson of the President de Montesquieu.--Election of a deputy.--Henry Kenelm visits England.--On theatres and comedians.--The author's son returns to Avignon.--His journey detailed.--He copies an Infant Jesus after Raphael.--Fine season.--Ice required at a ball.--Olives.--Artificial grasses.--Haricots.--The French agriculture described.--Vines.--Silk-worms.--Mulberry trees stripped of their leaves.--Threshing-floors.--_Abattoir_ for slaughtering cattle. 301 CHAP. XV. Intended journey to Italy.--Character and studies of _Henry Kenelm_.--He resolves on the military profession.--Fair of Beaucaire.--Visit to Arles.--Ancient buildings.--St. Remy.--Cross the Durance.--Deficiency of gooseberries, strawberries, &c.--Cherries.--Mausoleum.--Triumphal arch.--Bière de Mars.--Maison des Fous.--Return to Avignon. 326 CHAP. XVI.