Sunday 31 July 1836

No kiss

Fair but dull and Fahrenheit 52 at 8 35/60 a.m.

Breakfast at 9 1/4 to 10 – before and afterwards till 12 1/2 and again for 1/2 hour before dinner read last Quarterly Review few last pages of the interesting article on Drumann’s Genealogical History of Rome and skimmed over the rest of this volume

At 12 1/2 Ann and I said prayers to my aunt and Oddy and Cookson & George in 25 minutes – I then slept 1/4 hour and then roused up and talked to my aunt 1/4 hour – she had had a bad night – has had a slight return of spasms these last few days

At church at 3 – Mr Wilkinson did all the duty – preached 23 minutes from Matthew xxii. 35. and then 55 minutes at Cliff hill and home at 5 55/60

Dinner at 6 1/2 – coffee – sat talking 8 till 9 – then with my aunt and read the newspaper

Charlotte Booth poorly – Mr. Jubb has seen her this evening  - a bowel complaint

Fine day – Fahrenheit 50 now at 10 3/4 p.m. 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/19/0084