_August 14th._[44]--This morning all our bones ached after being at
sea, and everything seemed topsy-turvy. It rained so hard that we could
not go out. The rooms looked very comfortable, and in the drawing-room
there was a pretty clock, and fruit under glasses. There were two
neat, civil chambermaids, who looked nicer than some of the French
ladies. Our things went to the Custom House; they examined and opened
out everything. We had to pay for all our books and drawings, and a
smelling-bottle; and for two pipes which only cost twopence a-piece we
paid eighteenpence, through a mistake of the servants about the price.