Date. Stone. lbs. Age. January 4, 1806 (boots, no hat) 13 12 18 July 8, 1807 (shoes) 10 13 19 July 23, 1807 (shoes, no hat) 11 0 19 August 13, 1807 (shoes, no hat) 10 11-1/2 19 January 13, 1808 (see Moore's 'Life') 10 7 20 May 27, 1808 (Messrs. Berry) 11 1 -- June 10, 1809 (Messrs. Berry) 11 5-3/4 21 July 15, 1811 (Messrs. Berry) 9 11-1/2 23 (_Circa_) June, 1823 (see Trelawny) 10 9 35 It will be seen at a glance that between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five Byron had reduced his weight by three stone and three pounds. The fluctuations between the ages of nineteen and thirty-five are not remarkable. This record marks the consistency of a heroic self-denial under what must often have been a strong temptation to appease the pangs of hunger. CHAPTER II Byron's life at Pisa, as afterwards at Genoa, was what most people would call a humdrum, dull existence. He rose late. 'Billiards, conversation, or reading, filled up the intervals,' says Medwin, 'till it was time to take our evening drive, ride, and pistol-practice. On our return, which was always in the same direction, we frequently met the Countess Guiccioli, with whom he stopped to converse a few minutes. He dined at half an hour after sunset, then drove to Count Gamba's, the Countess Guiccioli's father, passed several hours in their society, returned to his palace, and either read or wrote till two or three in the morning; occasionally drinking spirits diluted with water as a medicine, from a dread of a nephritic complaint, to which he was, or fancied himself, subject.'