Alexander Henry Haliday

“ We got over the journey very well indeed by taking it very easy — i.e. 4 days between Paris and Marseilles — one for a rest at Lyons where I saw Mulsant and at Dijon Roret . Hogan I think is already very visibly improving both in actual strength and in self-confidence so that I rather hope he may make up his mind to face another journey so soon as next Friday 27th accompanying my brother [ ] direct from Livorno to Naples. But there we intend to spend some weeks returning by Rome and Florence. ”

“ We got here on the night of Tuesday 17th having fallen with the same bad weather you seem to have been enjoying all about the Mediterranean at were tossed about for 36 hours between Marseilles and Lyons though making a straight course, but avoided another sort of storm, as the Philo Polish at Marseilles came off the morning after we left. I have found occasion to spend nearly two days at Livorno since with the family of my deceased friend A.K. Forster who was buried there about a week ago. ”

“ I do not know how far you felt disposed to suffer or countenance my suggestion to Dohrn to wait for me at Naples and forsake you so many days the sooner. As we think of tem of ten to fourteen days at Naples and then (my brother at least) double that time at Rome, in neighbourhood of which at this season there would be pleasant excursions to make. This would bring us well on to the end of May when I thought of going on to Vienna expecting to meet E.P. Wright & to visit the environs [ ] Neusiedtersee,Schneeberg etc. The [ ] continues to keep the air cool here but the sun is getting [ ] . ”