30_th_.—We went to New Bond Street to the milliner; home to dinner. I drank tea with Mr. Potts, Clare, and Marshall, then home at 8. _Oct._ 1_st_.—To Lothbury Church. Mr. and Mrs. Barrow drank tea with us. 3_rd_.—Drank tea with Clare, home to supper; after supper quadrille. 4_th_.—Bolton called; with him to the Antigallican Coffee House till 10. 5_th_.—Set out in a chaise for Guildford at 1; arrived between 6 and 7. 16_th_, Monday.—Lady Martha and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. and Mr. Burdett drank tea with us. {23a} _Nov._ 6_th_.—Set out at 8 in the Godalming Machine; dined at Esher; in at 5. Called on Mersing; Boughton there; then to Jenkins’, and played at whist till near 11. Coach and man, 5_s._ 6_d._; a glass of capillair, 3_d._ 8_th_.—Dined at Prosser’s Coffee House; between 4 and 5 to the play—‘Zara,’ Lusignan, Mr. Garrick. 9_th_.—With Mersing and Jenkins to the ‘Feathers’ Tavern, where we supped; home at 11. 10_th_.—Set out at 7 in the Godalming coach; home at 5. 15_th_.—To the Bowling-green between 6 and 7; at whist there till 10 {23b}; then home. Won 4_s._ 6_d._; paid reckoning at the green, 1_s._ 17_th_.—To Mrs. Emily’s to dinner; played at quadrille before dinner; home at 5; then went after my wife and Mrs. Norwood to Mr. Shrubb’s at Shalford; then to the Bowling-green. 1759, _Feb._ 21_st_.—To Middle Church. My wife and I walked with Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell in their garden till past 1. At 6 Mr. Ford, Mr. Gorman, and Mr. Mellersh came; at whist till 12. _March_ 21_st_.—On Stephens’s horse to London; met Mersing and Jenkins; dined at Betty’s. To Covent Garden—‘The Busybody,’ Marplot, Shuter. {24a} At 10 to the ‘Angel,’ where I lay. Mersing and Jenkins came; we drank one bottle. They went a little after 12. _April_ 9_th_.—Having a cold, with a difficulty of breathing, I was bleeded this morning, and found benefit by night. 10_th_.—At whist till past 11. _May_ 7_th_.—On Stephens’s horse to London. To Mr. Adderley’s; at 5 with him to the ‘Feathers’ Tavern, and dined. Away at 8; at 9 Jenkins, Mersing, and Boughton came to me at the ‘Angel’ and stayed till past 12; paid for dinner and wine, 2_s._ 6_d._ 9_th_.—Walked about; called on Adderley; dined with Jenkins; home by Epsom; paid for breakfast at the ‘Angel,’ 8_d._; two nights’ lodging, 1_s._ 6_d._ maid, 1_s._; horse and hostler, 3_s._ 2_d._; turnpike, 4½_d._ horse hire, 6_s._ _June_ 13_th_.—On Stephens’s horse to Chertsey; breakfasted with Ford, Heath, and wife; to Ascot Races. 22_nd_.—To the green, and thence with Mr. Russell to the ‘Tuns’ to drink the King’s health; paid drinking, 1_s._ 27_th_.—To London; called on Adderley. With him to Clement’s Coffee House till 10; then to the ‘Angel.’ Jenkins came at 11, stayed till 1. _July_ 6_th_.—To Sir John Evelyn, at Wotton. Paid horse hire, 2_s._ {24b}