July i7th.  The Wind S. blowing high and stormy all day and cold enough in the Evening attended with some­– small showers of rain about 3 in the Evening;but about 9 at night it begun to rain in earnest, & rained I believe most part of the night·
i8th.  ❍ 5 [this is written in the margin underneath 'i8th.' sw] The Wind S. blowing high and raining hard long before day & untill near 8; was somewhat dry from that time till 10, and from that time it rained hard with very little intermission till near i. dry afterwards the rest of the Evening till 8 when it begun to rain & rained then very hard for about an hour: Pd. John Oliver the Cooper 14s. for 14 days Cooper's work·
i9th.  The Wind S. blowing fresh, but generally Sun shiny & fair all day, at the fall of night it made a good deal of rain.
20th.  The Wind S. blowing very high, stormy & cold all day, & raining hard in the morning, so that nothing could be done in the hay.
21st.  The Wind W. & by S. blowing fresh all day till 4 in ye Evening when it grew calm, but was then cloudy & dark & all the morning was Sun Shiny, pd. Rhys Hughes 2s. 6d. for a Side of Mutton, & gave 2s. to a raffle of Lewis ^Hughes^ the Sexton of LLan- badrick who lost a Cow that fell over the precipice.
22d.  The Wind W. calm, Sun Shiny and fair till ii. all the rest of the day was cloudy & overcast, & blowing fresh & cold: My people all this week ( when the weather permitted ) were dressing of hay: This Day the New Purple Table Cloath with a Silk fringe about it for the Comunion [there is a line over the 'm' sw] Table at LLanfechell — Church & which I made a present of to the parish was first laid upon the Comunion [there is a line over the 'm' sw] Table.
23d.  The Wind S.blowing fresh & raining almost without intermission from 10 a clock last night to 10 a clock this night, if not all night, The Priest preached on the Same text he did this day fortnight.
24th.  The Wind S. blowing fresh, moderately dry in the morning till 6, then it begun to rain, & rained hard till ii; & rained again before night.
25th.  The Wind S.W. blowing high & cold, cloudy & dark in ye morning, [but the sw] rest of the day was Sun shiny & dry till 4 when it made a great shower.

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