October 8.--

Very ill to-day and very unhappy. My three children are all unwell.

Had a dismal dream of being in hell: this is the third time I have

had such a dream. As I am more than ever convinced that I cannot

recover I will make a memorandum of my temporal concerns, for next to

the spiritual they ought to be attended to for the sake of those left

behind. I will insert them in No. 5 in the Appendix.

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