Jany. 19th

This morning I had breakfast before going to the Hospital, there were only the usual number of sick men. Then I had breakfast and after that I went to the Orderly Room + got the Col to show me how to take an observation of the Sun, to make out our latitude and alas to correct the Time, + worked out the problem from the observations. Nothing more was done during the day until after lunch when I took my paints and tried to finish off one or two pictures. I also hung or rather pinned to the walls of my Room several of my sketched, which, altho’ not of the best style in the world, are better than blank white cotton staring at me in the face all the time.