| February the 4th. The Wind E. calm, cold freezing weather & generarlly Sun shiny with a great hoar frost this morning — The Priest preached on i: Tim: Chap: 6th. & the 18, &19th. verses. |
| 5th. The Wind E. blowing very moderate, haveing freezed pretty hard last night & freezing all this day : gave 6d. to a raffling |
| 6th. The Wind E. calm, Sun shiny & fair haveing freezed very hard last night as it does all this day; the Evening was generally dark & overcast: gave Martha Williams the Daughter of my old friend Richard Williams late Parson of LLanfachreth who is going to Carnarvon to be bound Apprentice to a Mantua Maker, I gave her I say 2s. 6d. |
| 7th. The Wind E. & by S. calm dark & cloudy with a mizling rain for a great part of the day, yet the frost is not half melted : pd. John Owen 5s. for clean ing the two Clocks |
| 8th. The Wind E. calm, sun shiny & fair all day, haveing freezed— last night also with a hoar frost likewise: about 10 I set out for LLanerchymedd to Join my Brother Lewis to hear offences agst. the laws of Excise which detained us so late that we staid at LLanerchymedd this night. |
| 9th. The Wind E. & by N. blowing very moderate, haveing freezed very hard last night and a prodigious hoar frost this morning, I chose to walk home than ride which I did till I came to Rhôs Gôch & rid home the rest of the way: it cost me at LLanerchymedd 2s. & 9s. I sent from thence to Holy head [Nesta Evans gives 'Holyhead' sw] to pay for 2 Windsor chairs that came from Dublin. |
| 10th. The Wind E. & by N. calm, clo[u sw]dy & dark weather haveing freezed very hard last night also, and a great hoarfrost, but made mizling rain frequently this day that thawed some of the frost: and rained a great deal in the night, but it freez'd again before day: Pd. 10s. 6d. for 36 pound weight of hard sope, & pd. Thomas Prichd. the Cooper's Bill being 8s. 9d. & sent by him to Wm. Peters of Amlough 5s. 9d. to buy me fine flower in Liverpool. |
| iith. The Wind E. & by S. blowing very moderate, and thawing gently all the day ,and generally Sun Shiny, yet it freezed this night also, tho the night was for the most part cloudy and overcast· |