[406] There seems to be a mistake here.  Three Caroluses (20-shilling
        pieces) would be worth at their nominal value only 36 livres.  But
        in France they did not fetch so much in exchange.  If they were
        worth each 10_ll_. 10s., as the one he exchanged in Flanders (see
        p. 148), 30 livres to the messenger instead of 40 would make the
        calculation right.

Thir ware all my expenses till I was answered of mony be Francis Kinloch, so that I find all my expenses betuixt Edinborough and Paris, wheir I arrived the 14 of April, to amount to 10 pound sterling give I count the peice I changed at Paris, to 9 only give I exclud it.

All this being spent, on my demand F. advanced me 30 livres, 14 of which was spent on these books I bought at Paris, wheirof I have set doune the cataloge; 50 souse for a pair of halfe stockings; for a stamp, a comb, for helping[407] my whip and my pantons[408] I payed 10 souse; for a pair of gloves 18 souse; for vashing my cloaths 15 souse; a croune and a halfe among Mr. Kinloch’s servants:  theirs ane account of 23 livres out the 30.  For the 7 other I can give no particular account, only it might be spent when I went in wt commorads, as when we went to drinke Limonade and Tissin, etc.  At my parting from Francis I got 70 livres, which wt the former 30 makes a 100 livres.  Of thir 70, 16 I payed to the messenger for Orleans, 4 livres baiting a groat for the carriadge of my valize and box, which weighted 39 pound weight, and for each pound I payed 2 souse.  About a livre I spent in drinkmony by the way; another I gave to the messenger.  Heir of my 70 livres are 22 gone.

    [407] Mending.

    [408] Slippers.

Thus I won to Orleans.  The fellow that carries my valize to Mr. Ogilvies gets 10 souse; at a breakfast wt Patrick Portues I was 30 souse.  For books from my coming to Orleans til this present day, 11 of May, according to the Scots account, I have payed 8 livres; for seing a comedy 10 souse; for to helpe my hand in writting a croune; for dancing a croune in hand, the other at the moneths end; for to learn me the language I gave 2 crounes.  To the maister of the law Im to give 11 livres 8 souse; for a supper wheir Mr. Ogilvy payed out for us 3 livres.  This being all ramasht[409] togither it comes to 62 livres, so that of the 70 only 8 are left.  Out of thes 8 I payed 4 livres 10 souse for a pair of clesps, whence rests only 3 livres 10 souse.  I pay 24 souse for one vashing of my linnens, and 20 souse at a four hours wt James Hunter.  Thus ye have ane account of all 100 livres I got from F. Kinloch til 26 souse.  Ut of the mony mentioned I payed also 3 livres 5 souse for a pair of shoes.

    [409] Ramashed, ramasse.

About a moneth after I had bein in Orleans Francis sent me a bill for a hundred and 50 livres on on Boyetet, marchand their.  Out of whilk I immediatly payed Mr. Ogilvy for the moneths pension bypast 55 livres; for to teach me the language for the moneth to come 6 livres; for 2 washings of my linnens 40 souse, so that out of my 150 livres are 63 gone, whence remains 87 only.