Travel Diaries and Journals

London to Southampton

of time. I saw St. Pauls & thought to make it out from that but I got quite into a labyrinth of streets. I left London at 5 oclock by the S.W. Rail for Southampton & got there about 8 oclock & called on Smith Barry & Co Mr Gowan's agents. they took charge of my luggage & put in on board for me & told me that the "Candia" would clear out at 7 oclock next morning (Saturday) but that a steamer would be ready at 11 oclock to take out passengers I put up at the Crown Hotel all night. where although a very good Hotel & everything very clean to appearance I spent a most miserable night. I thought I had been served with some not inveterate skin disease or other, but however the morning proved the real nature of the case my neck & arms testified very plainly[?] the cause. I got up early posted a letter or two & then took a walk out to see Southampton I returned to breakfast & shortly after found a friend of James Forbes to whom I had a letter

acquainted with the patients & have once or twice gone round myself. have been 9y. 9g. 5t. & 11. going off. beginning to like the place very much. Dr. R. went of[f] today [written above:to the city] I went to Church in the afternoon. heard a sermon on Tee- totalism. Came in had dinner & went up to try & get into St. Pauls but it was crowded. went on to Ludgate Hill Church & went in late. Came down in the evening & wrote some letters. (went to the Drury lane theatre one night last week & saw Mr. & Mrs. Kean in Much ado about nothing & the Pantomime of "Peter Wilkins)"

Wednesday February. 6th. 1861

Went with Dr. R. to a meeting of the Ethnological Society. heard a paper by Mr. Crawford on Classification of the races of