Euclid Lib. 11 and 12 slightly; Boerhave’s Theory of Chemistry a good part of Vol. 1st; Rowning’s Philosophy half of Vol. 1st. _Classics._ Francis’s Horace, Odes 4 books. _History._ Universal History part of Vol. 3d; Jewish Antiquities. History of the Council of Trent to page 133. Anson’s voyage by Walter. _Plays._ 4 of Shakespeare’s plays. _Composition._ 2 Sermons. Business done in December. _Practical._ Abernethy’s Posthumous sermons Vol. 2d; Clarke’s sermons Vol. 1st. Patric on Ecclesiastes. _Scriptures._ Psalms, in the Hebrew and Septuagint. _Philosophy._ Rowning’s Philosophy part 2d and 3d. _Classics._ Francis’s Horace Vol. 2 and 3. _Miscellaneous and Entertaining._ Malcolm on Music, half; 4 Shakespeare’s plays. Half of the 1st Vol. of the Rambler. Popes Ethic Epistles, a few. _History._ Paul’s Council of Trent, to page 476; Life of the Duke of Marlborough. _Composition._ 4 Sermons. It will be seen by this extract from his diary, that his studies were very varied, which, as he was always persuaded, enabled him to do so much. This he constantly attended to through life; his chemical and philosophical pursuits serving as a kind of relaxation from his theological studies. His miscellaneous reading, which was at all times very extensive, comprizing even novels and plays, still served to increase the variety. For many years of his life, he never spent less than two or three hours a day in games of amusement, as cards and backgammon; but particularly chess--at which he and my mother played regularly three games after dinner, and as many after supper. As his children grew up, chess was laid aside for whist or some round game at cards, which he enjoyed as much as any of the company. It is hardly necessary to state that he never played for money, even for the most trifling sum. To all these modes of relieving the mind, he added bodily exercise. Independent of his laboratory furnishing him with a good deal, as he never employed an operator, and never allowed any one even to light a fire, he generally lived in situations which required his walking a good deal, as at Calne, Birmingham and Hackney. Of that exercise he was very fond. He walked well, and his regular pace was four miles an hour. In situations where the necessity of walking was not imposed upon him, he worked in his garden as at Calne, when he had not occasion to go to Bowood; at Northumberland in America, he was particularly attached to this exercise.