Mention of James Porter, Edward John Routh, Edward William Cory and George Crisp [the last three all B.A. 1854 and presumably tutored by Tait and Steele]. He deplore's Tait's attempt at Ingoldsby and writes verses about an offer of employment to Tait including references to Frances John Chiddell [matr. 1853] and John William Taylor [B.A. 1851]. Account of a visit to London, including a failure to visit John Morison Snody [B.A. 1852].
Playing chess with Samuel Blake Burrell [admitted 1852, B.A. 1857] and Thomas Harlin [admitted 1852, B.A. 1856].
'As to our book [Treatise on the dynamics of a particle, first published 1856], it seems to be as much 'in nubibus' (so to speak) as those infernal nebulae that no telescopes can resolve.'