Shut the Door, _Harriot_, says _Fanny_ I I'm so cold I shake--indeed the morning is cool enough to sit with December clothes on!--I spent the little time I have for myself to Day in forming my Latin _Exegesis_--Mr _Taylor_ the head Overseer Dined with us--At _Coffee_ The Colonel & myself entered somehow into Dispute upon the advantage in working an Oar--He asserted & tried to prove that the advantage lies in having the Oar longer from the _Thole-pin_ or where it lies on the Boat to the water, than from the _Thole-pin_ to the Rowers hand in a mathematical sense; He allow'd the Water to be the Fulcrum or Prop, & the Boat to be the weight, & the Rower to be a secondary Power--But the resistance of the Water to the Oar he call'd the chief & primary Power-- _Thursday 21._ Lazy Fellows! _Ben_, _Bob_, _Harry_, & _Myself_ all this Morning slept til near seven!--It was a sleepy Morning tho', for the Girls to give us countenance slept too--My Leisure time to Day is spent in forming my Latin Exegesis--Only just before the Sun went Down _Ben_ & I had our Horses & rode to our accustomed Resort the Corn-field, now many of the Hills are in Silk--We returned to Coffee--The Day has been very warm; the evening is light & pleasant, &, Thank, to our common, & bountiful Preserver, I am in good Health-- _Fryday 22._ My Exegesis goes on lustily; I have finished three pages--Indeed Sir, says _Harry_ I cannot reduce 7s 6d into the decimal of a Pound Sterling--you must reduce 7s & 6d to pence; for a numerator; then you must reduce a Pound Sterling to Pence for a Denominator; this Numerator you divide by the denominator & the Quotient will be the Decimal sought--Well _Ben_ you & Mr _Fithian_ are invited by Mr Turberville, to a Fish feast to-morrow, said Mr Carter when we entered the Hall to Dinner--I am uncertain whether my Latinitas will not be a Shackle too heavy to allow me to favour his kind invitation. _Saturday 23._ _Priscilla_, & _Fanny_, each presented me with a fine Jessamine Nosegay this morning--At eight I dismissed the School: _Ben_, _Bob_, & _Harry_ go to the _Fish-Feast_, I to making latin--While we were Dining a black turbulent Cloud came over from the West (I believe the Boys will commend my choice now) It rained, it Thundered hard, & continued exceeding stormy til after six in the Evening; I spent the Afternoon however in Quiet & to advantage--I am more & more pleased with my Situation. the Time draws nigh when I must enter on a new, & perhaps less agreable exercise--There were many at the River; the Boys tell me, among others Miss _Betsy Lee_--I do not, however, repent my having staid at Home--The Colonel shewed me some Powder which was made in _Frederick_ in this Province--It seems good--He charged a _Pistol_, it fired quick & strong-- _Sunday 24._