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dinner and lirandv with water for \\\\ drink. I 

 walked nioriiini;' and at'ternooii ainoiiL;- the rocks. 

 Tliis eveiiiiii;' AVatt tells me that inv laiid-Iadv 

 whispered Iiiiii tliat the (Ji-aftoii |)a('k('t-l)o;»t just 

 come in had hroiiulit iioi- is bottles of Irisli 

 Chiret. I s('('iii-(m1 one, and siipjx'd on part of a 

 neat's t()nu,'ue wliich a fri(?nd at liondon liad i;i\(Mi 

 AVatt to ])iit up for in(\ and drank a ])int of the 

 wine, which was Itad enoULih. Xot a son! is yet 

 come to Jlolyliead, e.vcept a youni^' f(dh)w who 

 smiles when lie meets me and would fain he my 

 companion, hut it has not come to that yet, I 

 Avrit ahiindance of verses this day ; and sevei'al 

 useful hints, tho' 1 say it. I went to hed at ten 

 and dreamt abundance of nonsense. 



Ti(('s<hiy 'liMli. — I am foi'ced to wear a shirt 

 3 days for fear of heini;- lowsy. 1 was spai'iuL;' 

 of them all the way. It was a nu'rcy there were 

 6 clean when 1 left London ; otherwise AVatt 

 (whose l)lundei-s wonid hear an history) would 

 have got them all in the na-eat l')o\' of i^^oods which 

 went hy the ("an-ier to ("liestei-. 1 1 e hi'ouuht hut 

 one crevat, and the reason he i:,-a\'e was Ix^cause i he 

 rest were foul and he thoui^-ht he should not ^•et 

 foul linen into the I'ortmanteau. For he never 

 dreamt it mi^-ht he washed on the way. Aly 

 shirts are all foul now, and hy his i-easonini^- I 

 fear he will leaxc them at Holyhead when we l;'(). 

 I £^ot a small iioyn of nintton hut so tonL;-li I could 

 not chew it. and drank my second pint of wine. 

 I walked this moi-ninu' a i^ood way amoni^ the 

 rocks, and t(j a hole in one of them from whence 



