"8. Went hunting with Mr. Alexander, J. Custis, and Lund Washington. Killed a fox after three hours' chase. Mr. Thurston came in the afternoon.
"9. Went a ducking, but got nothing, the creek and rivers being frozen. Robert Adam dined here.
"10. Went hunting on the Neck, and visited the plantation there, and killed a fox after treeing it three times and chasing it three hours.
"13. Dined at Belvoir with Mrs. Washington and Mr. and Miss Custis.
"15. Went up to Alexandria, expecting court, but there was none. [He was county judge.]
"20. Went hunting with Jackay Custis, and killed a fox after a three hours' chase.
"23. Went hunting after breakfast, and found a fox at Muddy Hole and killed her. Mr. Temple and Mr. Robert Adam dined here.
"27. Went hunting; and after tracking a fox a good while, the dogs raised a deer and ran out of the Neck with it, and did not come home till the next day.
"28. Mr. Temple came here.
"29. Dined at Belvoir with J. P. Custis.