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which is done there in twenty-four hours, by first 

 skinning them and then immersing them under the 

 water, where the sea-lice eat off their flesh presently. 

 A haze round the horizon in the evening. 



" Friday, 18th. Mr. Parker and a young gentleman 

 called on ine. Mr. Parker is an antiquary : has 

 ascertained an accurate account of all measures and 

 weights from the earliest periods, deducing them as a 

 standard from the pyramids of Egypt. He is in search 

 of Roman curiosities. Mary Pocock called. Bought 

 of Mrs. Reding a Queen Anne halfpenny, and a brass 

 medal of George II., for sixpence. Mr. Reding has a 

 Queen Anne farthing. Mrs. Reding bought forty 

 hanks of fine silk, weighing one ounce and a quarter 

 and one dram, the produce of 300 silk-worms in 1812. 



"Saturday, 19th. Hung three and a half pieces of 

 paper, also three dozen and a half of border, at Mr. 

 Sloper's, from 11 o'clock in the morning till 9 o'clock 

 at night/' [Paper-hanging : his other business pre- 

 sumably slack.] 



" Sunday, 20th. Walked to Springhead by myself. 

 Gathered first black grapes. 



"Monday, 21 st. Had the skeleton of a starved cat 

 brought me. 



"Tuesday, 22nd. Small shower in morning, then fine 

 day. Heard a proof at Woolwich more distinct than 

 usual. Had a hare for dinner, sent as a present. Had 

 a Roman brass piece of Tiberius Cassar, described 

 accurately in my folio book of coins, printed at Rome. 

 Rain at night. 



" Wednesday, 23rd. Master Durling, a ' simpler/ 

 called and showed me a root of navel- wort, taken from 

 All-hallows' Church. Luke Beet called and showed me 



