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Friday 22. Work'd in the Garden till one o Clock 

 H. Baker with us from one to two musick. Mr. E. Mulso 

 dined with us sat in the garden after dinner at five went to 

 Mr. Whitens drank tea under the Tent in his sweet fields all 

 the Newton family there, walk up in the evening to the 

 Hermitage another acrostick upon Nannie. 



Sat. 23 Mrs. Mulso Mr. E. M. & Miss Baker here in the 

 morn we work'd Nanny & Mr. E. M. Play'd in the afternoon 

 they drank tea here it Thundered & rain'd I had the head- 

 ache very bad. 



Sunday 24. went to Church twice drank tea at Mr. 

 Whites it rain'd all the morn the evening proved fine we 

 walk'd in his sweet fields. 



Monday 25 rode in the morn, with Mr. White to Church 

 at Faringdon came home at one Mr. Henry White & Mr. 

 Cane came they all dined here upon a Haunch of Yenison 

 after dinner musick & singing the Newton people came down 

 after tea we danced before supper. Mr. E. Mulso sung us a 

 song made upon the 3 sorceresses set to the Pastorrella, after 

 supper many songs & catches were sung at one they went 

 away. We had a very agreeable day how is it possible to do 

 otherwise with all these cheerful goodnatured People. We 

 were all Shepherdesses. 



Tuesday 26 went out a Horseback behind Mr. H. W. as 

 soon as we got upon the common it began raining We stop 

 at Newton came in like drowned rats were very merry came 

 home in the rain behind Mr. White in the afternoon drank 

 tea with him sisters & self had our shaddows taken. 



Wed 27 : after breakfast wrote musick then went over to 

 Mr. White's to be electrified in the evening walk'd to Noar 

 Hill oh sweet evening sure there never was anything equal 

 to the romantickness of that D"^ D*"- Hill, never never shall 

 I forget Empshot & the gloomy Woods the distant Hills 

 the South Downs the woody Hills on the right Hand, the 

 forest the valleys oh all are heavenly almost too much for 



