The unfavourable weather still continues - warm & moist. People here call it the Sirocco. Yesterday, Sunday - after my Italian studies took a walk - past the ducal palace, along the Riva Schiavone to the Grindini publici few people out. The Venetian ladies don't like to wet their feet. Dined at the Trattoria Vapore - indifferent. Only one theatre open, the Malibran - the play of Marco Viscoati, met a poor reception.

Today, Monday - the sun shone out a little - sought for Carraras tomb in the church San Stefano, but without success. Carrura, the last Lord of Padua was together with his children cruelly and treacherously put to death by the Venetian Senate.

The old palaces, convents, & churches of Venice, now no longer occupied are put to various uses, different from their original destination. Some are in ruins and not used at all - some churches are used as lumber yards. One old palace in the Square San Salvadore is occupied by an old antiquarian - who I am told has spent a fortune in filling it with old pictures, statues (mutilated) arms, armour, furniture, etc. etc.

Went in and never beheld such an assemblage of old fashioned trumpery - the proprietor himself quite an original, called some of his old paintings - Guido's & P Veronese's -