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the exalted place of β. I find Demosthenes
rather a grind, but the Theocritus is
delightful. I am writing for the
Stanhope Essay and working at the
original authorities in the Bodleian, so
my mind at present is little better than
a jumble of old Memoirs and court
papers. I have got it nearly half
finished. - (the Stanhope, not my mind).

I am beginning to like the people
here very much. I met a very nice
Westminister boy, who said he knew you.
His name was Fisher, and I think he
was a brother of Fisher, the don at
New. I am playing golf a little