July 13th. The Wind N.W. fair & dry all day, my people [there is a symbol like a hash without its lower horizontal bar in the margin opposite this line sw] a dressing hay all day, Set Tyddŷn y Silied to Roger ab William Owen for one year at the rate of 2L. 5s. with the usuall presents & 10 days work in the Corn harvest paying for them 3d a day. |
14th. The Wind S.W. in the Morning, came afterwards to the W. rained very hard all the morning till ii a clock, windy fair & dry afterwards, my people employed this day in cutting the Court & the Walks about the Wall garden, & cutting even likewise, or clipping the Quickset hedge - [there is a symbol in the margin opposite this line that is two vertical, sinuous lines bisected in the middle by a straight line sw] a pretty good Markett to day at LLanfechell .to day my Son came home. |
| 15th. The Wind W. blowing fresh & cold, but sunshiny and dry, my people made all the great meadow into big Cocks. |
| 16th. The Wind W. blowing high & cold, but sun - shiny & clear. a great congregation to day at LLanfechell Church, the Parson preached on Rom: Chap. 13th. & the first part of the 13th. vers. |
| 17th. The Wind W. calm & serenee & very fair, about 8 I set out for LLanerchymedd to Join Mr. Lewis of LLysdulas to hear & determine offences against the Laws of Excise – made a very hott, sultry day, we finished the buisness of the hearing by 7 a clock, & I was at home by 9. |
| 18th. The Wind S.S.W. dark & cloudy all day, and something cold; my people employed in the hay as before. |
| 19th. The Wind S.S.W. dark & cloudy, and raining hard about 7 in the Morning, fair afterwards to the End of the day, but cloudy and cold. |
20th. ❍12⎮ [this is written in the margin below '20th.'sw] The Wind varying all day from S. to N.W. rained very hard from 12 at night to 4 in the Morning, besides severall Showers afterwards dureing the Morning; The Evening dry & cold, my people these 2 last days opening & Scowring Ditches. |