Dear Talbot
My plans are as follows – Today I go to Lausanne – shall stay there three days, probably at le Faucon, & then go on to Berne where I shall alas be at le Faucon – From Berne I shall make a little excursion to Interlarken &c & leave Berne for Basle about the 21st not later – From Basle I intend to go by Freyburg – Strasburg. Nancy – Metz Luxemburg & Trier to Spa & pass by Namur & Valenciennes to Calais where I expect to arrive on t– <1> 8th of next month. – with the exception of three cloudless days last week weather has been horrible. –
yrs ever
Ch: Ed: Long
Aug. 7th 1828
Sechoron
W. H. Fox Talbot Esqr
Poste Restante
Notes:
1. Abbreviation for ‘the’.