July i4th. The Wind S. blowing fresh, cloudy dark and overcast all the morning; about noon it begun to rain, & made frequent showers, and some of them very heavy, all_ the Evening: My people all this week were in the hay, but this Evening they were forced to leave off. |
15th. 10 ❍ [this is written vertically under '15th.' sw] The Wind S.W. blowing moderate, cloudy and overcast, attended with severall showers in the morning; but in the Evening about 5 & from that time to 8 it rained excessive hard and heavy: The Priest preach'd on i. Thess; Chap: 5th. and verse 7th. |
i6th. The Wind N. W. and blowing moderate, Sun shiny, fair & dry all– this day: Paid Sidney Morris 2L. 16s. in full of her year's wages to the 26th. of last may: Pd. 4s. Goat's flesh & 2[? sw]s. 6d. Duty for the Coal. |
i7th. The Wind N. W. blowing moderate, Sun shiny, fair and warm all day; Sent 6d. by Alice Jones to buy me too morrow at LLanerchymedd a hundred fathom of Sand- rush Ropes. |
i8th. The Wind S.W. blowing moderate, some sun Shine in the – morning, but generally it was cloudy and dark, yet continued dry all day. |
i9th. The Wind W. & by S. blowing moderate, & raining very hard in the morning about 6, the rest of the day was dry, but altogether cloudy & overcast· |
20th. The Wind N.W. & blowing moderate, Some sun shine, but gener- -ally cloudy & dark, yet dry all day: pd. Rhŷs Bentir 1s. 6d. for a quarter of Veal, & 1s. to Margaret ’chuw Morus for a quarter of a He- goat: & Paid to Richard Hughes of Roe near Tal y Cafn a Timber Merchant 26s. 3d. for seaven pieces of Oak Timber for Couples or Principals. |
2ist. The Wind N. & blowing moderate, cloudy & dark all day till near 3 in the Evening, but dry all day: My people all this week divided their time between harvesting hay, carrying home theturf & peat, & repairing the rotten hedge between Cae'r LLorria & Cae - Maen Arthur. |
22d. The Wind E. very calm, sun shiny, fair, hot and Sultry all day; The Earth is so much scorched, that there is hardly grass enough to keep the Cattle alive . |