8 March

Wednesday 8.^th Took a walk to the Church before breakfast. From

11 till ½ past 5. in the lib^~y with ^Archdn Mr Glover – going over the Greek

fathers. The MSS. are so^{in such a} contracted _^^character & so badly written, that

they are almost impossible to be read. But I am astonished

at my own proficiency – for this is my coup-d’essai in Greek MSS.

in which I often correct mistakes made by ######^{the Archdeacon} —