12 November 1866 – 18 November 1866

Meet G. St. Barbe. He applied viva voce, to oblige me, to the Parson of EUing- ham, whom he knows, for leave for me to look over the Parish Register. I want to see if I can discover any traces of my ancestors (Allingham and Ellingham are, I believe, identical), who came to the north-west of Ireland in, Petrie thought, Elizabeth's reign. The old Vicar answered gruffly, ' Shilling a year, shilling a year ! ' that is, I must pay a fee of a shilling for each year I look at. This might come to a good deal of money, so I give the thing up.

Out after midnight to look for meteors, see many streaming like fiery arrows, mostly from east to west.