_Oct._ 16_th_.—In a chaise with Mr. Jenkins to Reading. {33a} 1770, _July_ 27_th_.—Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Adderley, and Mr. Pacey dined with me. To the Percy Coffee House for an hour; won 15_s._ {33b} _Aug._ 4_th_.—We set out at 6 with Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Adderley to Shere; dined at Cobham; saw Claremont and Painshill. 5_th_, _Sunday_.—To Church; afterwards by Lonesome {33c} to Leith Hill. 6_th_.—To Lord Aylesford’s house and garden (Albury Park). _Sept._ 6_th_.—Lord Talbot, at the request of Mr. Gray and Mr. Sacker, gave me the place of Clerk of the Verge. I was sworn in this day. _Nov._ 19_th_.—To New Inn: to Mundy’s Coffee House; {33d} reckoning, 3_s._ 20_th_.—At 6 with Ford to the Turk’s Head Coffee House; whist; home at 2; reckoning, 6_s._; won 10_s._ 21_st_.—Mr. and Mrs. Ford drank tea and supped here; Jenkins and Mersey supped; whist, won 2_s._ 6_d._ 23_rd_.—To the Percy Coffee House; home at 10; reckoning, 1s, 9_d._; won, 15_s._ 30_th_.—To the Percy Coffee House; reckoning, 2_s._ won 18_s._ 1771, _Jan._ 1_st_.—At Shere {34a}; drank tea and supped at Mr. Botham’s. 3_rd_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s. 6_th_.—Walked to Sir Frederick Evelyn’s, and dined. _April_ 12_th_.—To Wood Street to see a horse; rode the horse to Islington; paid for it, £25. 4_s._ {34b} _Nov._ 5_th_.—Dined at the Percy Coffee House, and stayed till 10; whist; lost £1. 3_s._ 6_d._ _Dec._ 2_nd_.—To the Percy till 10; won 18_s._ 1772, _Jan._ 23_rd_.—Paid admission fee at the Antiquary Society, £5. 5_s._ _Feb._ 28_th_.—Dined at Mr. Penneck’s {34c}: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Stebbing, Mr. Lort, and Mr. Astle. At half-past 5, with Mr. Adderley, to Drury Lane: ‘Much Ado about Nothing,’ Mr. Garrick. _April_ 6_th_.—With Jerkins to the meeting of the Laudable Society; dined there; dinner, 5_s._ _Aug._ 24_th_.—Set out with Mr. Jenkins in a postchaise for Wales. 27_th_.—Being the races at Hereford, could get no chaise, but got horses, and rode to Monmouth. 31_st_.—To Llandilo, an excellent inn, and dined; and Mr. Pennoyre Watkins telling us the ford at Llandovery was dangerous, lay there. Whist with him; won 12_s._ 1773, _July_ 24_th_.—Rode to the Downs; saw part of a great cricket match. 26_th_.—Dined at Mr. Godschall’s: General and Mrs. Evelyn and Colonel Molyneux there; drank tea with Mr. Berwick. _Oct._ 31_st_, _Sunday_.—To Church; to Mr. Talbot (of Chart Park), and dined; drank tea at Mr. Tucker’s {35a}; lay at Mr. Kerr’s. _Nov._ 13_th_.—With Jenkins to Covent Garden: Macklin played Macbeth. 1774, _June_ 7_th_.—Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Highgate, &c. 9_th_.—Rode with Mr. Jenkins by Stamford Hill, &c. 10_th_.—Rode with Dr. Osborn to Dr. Price, {35b} Newington Green. 24_th_.—Rode with Mr. Penneck and Mr. Austen to Mr. Walpole’s, Strawberry Hill; saw that; {35c} dined at the ‘Toy,’ Hampton. _Dec._ 7_th_.—Dr. Solander and Omiah, the native of Otaheite, Mr. Pennock, and Mr. Planta {36a} dined and drank tea here. 8_th_.—To Drury Lane: ‘The Country Girl.’