August 26th. The Wind S. and very little of it, cloudy in the morning till 8 or 9, and the rest of the day, Sun Shiny, warm and dry, my people to day begin to bind some corn. |
27th. The Wind S. and blowing very moderate, cloudy in the morning till 9, and the rest of the day was sun shiny, very warm and dry yet a very great dew every morning: Paid Wm. Roberts ye Sadler i pound 5 shillings 6 pence, over and above what he had in June last towards the Pilion Cloath, but he mended the great Sad[d sw]e, & the Pilion, and made a new all the tackling to the same . |
28th. The Wind W N.W. blowing fresh, dark, cloudy weather all the morning and some mizling rain betwixt 8 and nine: the Evening was dry and some sun shine and the wind blowing high and cold. |
29th. The Wind W. & by N. blowing fresh and cold in the morning, but was dry all day, and generally Sun shiny and very good and wholesome harvest weather. |
30th. The Wind S.W. blowing high and stormy; cloudy and dark weather – all day, and made very heavy from ii in the morning till near 4 in the Evening when it left off for an hour, and rained afterwards very hard : pd. 2s. 4d. for a side of Mutton . |
31st. The Wind W. &by N. blowing high and very cold, yet it continued dry all this day. My people all this week were reaping and binding of Corn; and I have not made any this year. |
September ist. The Wind S. W. blowing fresh and raining early in ye morning and till 8; and tho it did not rain down right afterwards, yet the sky was very heavy, dark and cloudy, and the Air very moist. |
2d. The Wind W. & by N. blowing fresh and exceeding cold for the time of the year, with intervals of Sun shine & a dark sky, it made two very small & short showers, one of sleet about i in ye Evening the other of hail about 5. To Day I begin to carry in the first of my corn this year; 66 shocks of Rye that grew in the field – above Cae'r Garnedd being carryed into Coydan in the Evening – haveing done reaping all since about 10 a clock this morning . |
3d. The Wind W. & by N. blowing fresh and very cold, but drying well and generally Sun Shiny: My people carryed in to Coydan Barn all the Great Oats at Coydan Park, being but 340 shocks. |
4th. The Wind S.W. very calm, cloudy dark weather and raining in the morning – And the Air was moist and did not dry any thing all day · |