The French, As Well As Other Foreigners,
Have No Idea Of A Man Of Family And Fashion, Without The Title
Of
duke, count, marquis, or lord, and where an English gentleman is
introduced by the simple expression of monsieur tel,
Mr.
Suchathing, they think he is some plebeian, unworthy of any
particular attention.
Aix is situated in a bottom, almost surrounded by hills, which,
however, do not screen it from the Bize, or north wind, that
blows extremely sharp in the winter and spring, rendering the air
almost insupportably cold, and very dangerous to those who have
some kinds of pulmonary complaints, such as tubercules,
abscesses, or spitting of blood. Lord H - , who passed part of
last winter in this place, afflicted with some of these symptoms,
grew worse every day while he continued at Aix: but, he no sooner
removed to Marseilles, than all his complaints abated; such a
difference there is in the air of these two places, though the
distance between them does not exceed ten or twelve miles. But
the air of Marseilles, though much more mild than that of Aix in
the winter is not near so warm as the climate of Nice, where we
find in plenty such flowers, fruit, and vegetables, even in the
severest season, as will not grow and ripen, either at Marseilles
or Toulon.
If the air of Aix is disagreeably cold in the winter, it is
rendered quite insufferable in the summer, from excessive heat,
occasioned by the reflexion from the rocks and mountains, which
at the same time obstruct the circulation of air:
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