Octr. 11th. The Wind W. fair and calm, went with Cousin Morgan out a shooting, but saw Nothing, returned by dinner time, and drank all the Evening till i in the Morning. |
12th. The Wind W.S.W. fair, calm weather all day– a great many Cattle sold to day at Aberfraw but at a very Low rate from 4L. 10s. to 7L. 10.s – being the generall rate. gave 1s. to a Raffle for a poor Man at Henblas |
13th. The Wind S.E. fair and very calm, about 1 in the Evening I set out from Henblas & came home by 6. gave to Cous. Morgan's Man 2s. to the Housekeeper 2s. to the Chamber Maid 1s. & gave the butler at Bodorgan 2s. to the Cook Maid 1s. to the stable boy 6d |
14th. The Wind S.E fair and pleasant, my people this Week past at the Same work. to day I begun to plow for Rye .about 9 or 10 this Night was ye greatest Light in the Firmament the ever I beheld, being a br[oa sw]d path of Light that reached from E. to W. like an Arch. |
15th. The Wind E.S.E. very clear & calm, & extraordinary warm and pleasant like a Day in June, the lights were very great in the Skyes to Night, but all in the N. & N.E. |
16th. The Wind S.E. & by S. fair & calm, but cloudy most part of the Day, to day I begun to clear ye ground in Cae'r Lloriau of Old Tofts & other loosestones that rendered the ground [? sw] useless for Tillage. |
17th. The Wind S. calm and fair, but a very [? sw] and close sky. but continued dry all Day. — |
18th. The Wind S. calm sunshiny & fair, my people at the same Work as before, & some discharging a Sand Boat |