No Ordinary Man. Lois Winslow-Spragge

4rd.

      Alfred Frederic and I went down and had a bathe before breakfast after breakfast we went down and fished we caught nothing worth keeping. In the afternoon we took a long walk to the eastward found several small fishes in the pools, and a nine rayed starfish. Charles came out <to> tonight <he> he arrived after tea and he and Alfred went out shooting and Frederic went with them they shot a rabbit and a hare.

      Saturday August <4> 5th.

      We went down to the <beach> pier to try and get a boat to go out shooting in but could not get one went along the rocks and then along the beech but they saw nothing to shoot. <We> I went down to the shore with Mrs Primrose and Marian and sat and read there after dinner. About four o’clock Alfred and Charles found a herring boat and they went out in it with Frederic and I round the Craig they shot one sea bird.

      <Saturday> Sunday August 6th.

      We all went to church this morning and some of them went to church in the afternoon but I stayed at home after they came back we went for a walk up the hill.

      Monday August 7

      Went down and fished but caught nothing worth keeping at the pier but went over to the rocks and {Alfred} caught one large fish. I stayed at home and rested in the afternoon and we went out for a short walk in the evening

      Tuesday August 8th.

      Went out to bathe this morning with Alfred and Frederic but the tide was so far back that we could not find a good place but we got some nice starfish, we came back late for breakfast. I stayed at home this forenoon, but went out to the rocks in the evening.

      Wedensday August 9th.

      I Went down to the rocks this forenoon with Alfred and Fred and as it was spring tides we got a long piece out and got a lot of sea urchins, some sea mice³⁵ and [rarer] fishes and star-fishes. I stayed at home writing home in the afternoon, Alfred and Frederic went out to fish and caught quite a lot. We all went out for a walk down to the pier in the evening we sat there a while and then went home.

      Thursday August 10th.

      It was raining more or less all day today I stayed in and read, all the morning Alfred <Charles> {Frederic} and I went down to fish about four caught only one fish worth keeping. I got a letter from Paris from papa and Anna today

      Friday August 11th.

      After breakfast this morning Alfred <Charles> {Frederic} and I went to the sea urchin rock we got some sea urchins, sea mice Starfish &c after dinner we were prepairing what we got in the morning. Alfred and Frederic went to fish before tea but I stayed in. I was pasting on some stamps after tea

      Saturday August 12th.

      I got up this morning before breakfast and had a bathe with Alfred and Frederic. I stayed in and read in the forenoon, and went down to the sands in the afternoon. After tea Alfred, Frederic, Charles and I went out in a boat with two other gentlemen fishing for mackerell it was very rough and Alfred and Frederic were a little sick, we came back soon without catching anything. Aunt Uncle Frederic and I {then} went for a walk to the East Links.

      Sunday August 13th.

      I went to church this morning but stayed at home in the afternoon. In the eavening we all went for a walk to the Glen and back by the beech

      Monday August 14th.

      I went down to the pier this forenoon a while and came up and read a while before dinner. After dinner Uncle, Alfred, Frederic, Marion, and I went up the Law, but just as we came to the top and were expecting to enjoy the view it began to rain we got into the shelter of a ruined cottage till the worst of it was over and then went home. After tea we went out fishing in a boat but caught nothing we had however a very pleasant sail.

      Tuesday August 15th

      We went down this morning to the pier to try and get a boat but thought it would be better to put it off on account of the weather. Aunt Uncle and Louisa Cleghorn came to spend the day about eleaven but we could not go out all day on account of the rainy weather Frederic and I took a walk down to the pier in the evening

      Wedensday August 16th.

      I stayed at home this morning and wrote to William, but went down to the rocks before dinner to see how Alfred and Frederic were getting on with fishing. I read a while after dinner and then wrote to Mama and posted the letter I then went down to the pier with Alfred. After tea Fred and I went out in a little boat with some other boys to the sea urchin rock and back.

      Thursday August 17

      I went down to the pier this morning about 10 o’clock and stayed there a while. After dinner Alfred Frederic & the <& two> two Halls went out for a row round the black rock and back We came back and took Marian in for a while and then landed. After tea we went and sat at Miss {Matthiews} for a while and then went down to the pier coming back about dark.