Saturday, 30 July 1859
Weary weary days! Yet not idle.
Rose before 6. Foggy ― & slight rain.
Took a pill.
Worked at Petra (6TH DAY) all day pretty hard.
Letter from Fanny Coombe. R.D.D. is ill.
Papers gloomy. ― Dinner had mutton & pudding & beer. Walked from 8 to 9. Greek.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]