Recent visitors: Smith's friend Mr Gurney and family came here for breakfast yesterday; "he travels like a Patriarch with all his children". Mr More leaving today after only making two sketches; his inability to ride or walk prevented him from seeing all "our beauties". Missed seeing [John Peter] Laporte [(1761-1839), a "very fine drawer", who was in the grounds. [Richard] Warner [(1763-1857), antiquary] visited for a day; "he publishes as rapidly as he walks". His daughter [Mariamne Johnes] continues "much the same".