A lovely autumn day. To town in the morning and in the Afternoon to Weymouth. Evening at home.

I rode to town this morning and devoted my time to the pursuit of the usual occupations. Called to see my children who looked comfortable and the general appearance of the house was such as to make me feel desirous of returning. The day looked so sunny and things looked so cheerful that I felt a lightness of spirits for which I can account as little as for my occasional depressions. They are the results in both of the most trifling causes.

After dinner as my Wife had a little commission to Weymouth I went with her and this took the whole of the Afternoon. Read a little of La Fayette which took up the remainder of the evening.