February 12th. The Wind W.S.W. fair sun-shiny, dry and very pleasant weather all day . |
13th. The Wind S.W. a wett dirty day almost from morning to night. no Sermon to day, tho one was due, pd 1s. for garden seeds. |
14th. The Wind S.W. something high & cold, but dry, a pretty good Fair to day at LLanfechell, but the generall complaint was the want of money. |
15th. The Wind W. & N.W. blowing fresh. dry and pleasant, as scarce money is, people find it to get drunk and play dice, for there was no less than 100 people last night & to day at LLanfechell at that sport. |
16th The Wind S.S.W. blowing fresh, and raining hard all the Morning, especially from 9 till i when it blew a meer storm, and rained extream hard, the rest of the Evening fair and dry. |
17th. The Wind W. blowing fresh and high, with some showers in the Morning, the sky cloudy and dark, my servants these days makeing a Pinfold at Rhôs Garrog. to day. = [there is a large '=' in the margin between the previous line and the next sw] I make my hot bed in the wall Garden .the Evening of this day was remarkeable for a prodigious tempest of Wind that unroofed houses, & broke stacks of hay & Corn, and continued so all the night. |
18th. ●2 A great Eclips of the Sun - [this is written immediately below '18th.' sw] The Wind W. S. W. blowing fresh & cold in the Morning, and cloudy withall. the Evening clear, calm & fair, all England had a find opportunity to satisfie their Curiosity & make their observations on the great Ecclips of the Sun this day when ten parts in i2 of its body was obscured, beginning – before 2 in the Evening, & being over half an hour after 4. when it was at the heighth, the sun looked of the same Size and shape as the Moon 3 days old with sharp horns. a very poor Market to day at LLanvechell. |