Monday, 1 August 1859
Quite clear, but windy all day.
Eye bad. Rose at 7½ ―
Spite of eye ― & being unwell worked at outline of Petra Amphitheatre all day ― till 5 & after dinner a little also.
Walked by the towers to Bexhill. Letter from Bonham Carter.
[gr.]
Petra theatre 1st day.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]