Sunday 29 October 1837

Very fine rather frosty morning sun out and Fahrenheit 42 at 9 1/2 and breakfast and sat downstairs till 1 1/4 reading from page 816 to (this volume begins with page 773) 1091 end of volume 5 Maurice's Indian Antiquities

Then came upstairs - dressed - read the 1st. 42 pages volume 6 of the same work and about two incurred a cross thinking of Mariana from reading of phallic worship

Heavy rain between 10 and 11 and also between 1 and 2 and small flying flakes of snow in the latter rain - then more or less from about 10 1/2 to after 2 p.m. service to begin at 2 1/2 this afternoon

Off from here at 2 1/2 by our kitchen clock at least 1/2 hour too soon - at church in 25 minutes - waited 5 or minutes - Mr. Wilkinson did all the duty - preached 24 minutes from Mark iv. 26 and 3 following verses

20 minutes at Cliff hill - Mrs Ann Walker looking as well as she did last Sunday - in fact, looking very fairly well

Home at 5 1/2 - John Booth begged off driving the market cart today to church in consequence of a troublesome boil therefore took Oddy in the carriage with me and Sarah went with George on the rumble - set them down at Crows nest gate in returning and they walked home - rain as Ann and I returned

Dressed - wrote the last 6 lines - dinner at 6 1/2 - coffee at 8 - Ann read French I read the paper - then sat talking then read from page 43 to 93 volume 6 Maurice's Indian Antiquities

Rainy day fine in the evening and frosty - Fahrenheit 32 at 10 1/2 p.m. when stopt the clock 1/2 hour. 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/20/0152

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