Before I go further, let me get rid of my remark upon _Avignon_, which is this: That I think it wrong, merely because a man's hat has been blown off his head by chance the first night he comes to _Avignon_, ----that he should therefore say, "_Avignon_ is more subject to high winds than any town in all _France_:" for which reason I laid no stress upon the accident till I had enquired of the master of the inn about it, who telling me seriously it was so----and hearing, moreover, the windiness of _Avignon_ spoke of in the country about as a proverb ----I set it down, merely to ask the learned what can be the cause----the consequence I saw--for they are all Dukes, Marquisses, and Counts, there----the duce a Baron, in all _Avignon_----so that there is scarce any talking to them on a windy day.

Before I go further, let me get rid of my remark upon Avignon, which is this:
That I think it wrong, merely because a man's hat has been blown off his head the first night he comes to Avignon, that he should therefore say, 'Avignon is the windiest town in all France.'
This is why I laid no stress upon the accident till I had enquired of the inn-keeper about it. When I was told seriously it was so - and hearing, moreover, the windiness of Avignon spoke of as a proverb - I set it down, merely to ask the learned what can be the cause. The consequence I saw - for they are all Dukes, Marquisses, and Counts in Avignon - so that there is scarce any talking to them on a windy day.
