Cloudy but very warm. To Boston with my Wife. Afternoon at home and evening.

My Wife accompanied me to town, and the carriage took Mrs. J. Adams, Miss Cutts and all the children for the purpose of our meeting at the Court house and seeing the Giraffe which is now exhibiting. We found there Mrs. Everett with her children, Mr. Brooks and Mrs. Gor-253ham Brooks with her boy thus with our own tribe making quite a family party. I was curious to see this creature which is so singularly formed and so seldom met with, and my expectations were abundantly gratified. It is said to stand sixteen feet high, out of which the legs make nearly six, the difference in the length of which is much less than I imagined. It is quite tame, fond of apples which it will take from any one and show signs for more. At first sight the neck seems out of all proportion, but I fancy our ideas are merely relative on that subject and adapt themselves to what we see around us.

Office and commissions as usual. Home to dinner. The morning was warm but a sea fog came up by night. Lucan 9. 540–660 and a little work on the grounds. Evening my father sat with us so feeling rather tired I remained entirely at home.