24 October

Tuesday 24^th. Maj. Dyson called on me at 12 oC. & we had a

long talk. He told me, that his coins were part of a lot, nearly

200 in number, in silver, consisting of Gallienus, Otacilia

Severa, Philip _^^3d, Gallus, Etruscilla, Volusian, _^^Decius & Gordian ^3d.

i.e. from A.D. 238 to A.D. 265. (Two also of Caracalla were

among them)

~~found~~ ploughed up in a field in the township of Earnly

near Selsea, about 5 miles from Chichester. He shewed

me also some finely preserved Commonwealth half Crowns,

dug up in the Isle of Wight – with many others, amounting

to near 100 oz. of silver! He promised to send me more

of his Coins to look at, & Pinkerton, to read over again.

I began today to write a little of the Holk^m. Cat. & sat up

till ten oC. Read Clarendon. Get stronger every day.

Maria received today an answer from Melissa

Palmer, relative to the MS. The Rev^d. Mr. Quin is gone

to France, and the MS. is at present in the hands of

the Rev^d. Mr Oliver of Exeter, who is transcribing part

of it. This is very provoking, particularly as I could

otherwise have obtained the loan of the MS. as long

as I pleased.* Mr Comerford sent me another Vol. to

*In 1834, this MS. had been transferred to Stonyhurst.