Friday, 29 January 1858
Immensely cold! Rain at night.
Rose at 8. ― From 9 to 4 painted hard at the Jánina picture. ― Cold. Cold. ― Yet not very miserable. ― Letter from Lushington. ―――
Mackenzie called, & I walked with him, the lesser round. ― Dined at Sir James Reid’s ― Rice, Lushington, & a Mr. Campbell. ―
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]