Thursday, 21 July 1859
Breakfast at 9 ― no sleep till 4. Weather still immensely close & hot. At 11, all the things came, except a blk trunk, & most of the day went in arranging the back room. ― Wrote a good deal,
(Letters from Ann, & Ellen.) In all 15 letters.
1 C. Church
2 Mrs Sartori
3 Lady G. Grey
4 Mrs. H. Burr
5. Ann
6. Ellen
{7 F.L.
{8 Vaughan Johnson
9 Roberson
10 Dickenson
11 Brandling
12 Penrhyn
13 Mrs. Macbean
14 Mrs. Empson
15
At 4 bathed in the [hotion] ― but it was too rough for me. ― Then newspaper & dinner. Wrote a little Greek after ―: & at 8 posted letters.
Not so sad a day as yesterday, yet undefinedly pallidly weary
Large Petra. ˇ[July.] 25½ 26 27 28 29 30
Large Corfu. 1 2½ 3rd ½
Petra theatre. ˇ[August] 1 2nd ½ 2½ 4th
Small Corfu. (X.) 25½ ―――― finished 10 days
Athos. July 22 23 Augt. 5th 6th & 3rd Sept. ――― finished 7 days
Campagna ―
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]