Account of his life at Caius College as an undergraduate, including details of his studies of Greek and the classics. A poem of his own composition, "Anglica fuse redditum" is appended on the final page.

Thanks Pleasance Smith for the "angels of pleasure" she sent, being what [Richard] Pulteney used to call letters "from those he esteemed". His experiences with poetry. Praises [James Edward] Smith's "Preface" [to "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany"].