| May 1st. The Wind N. very calm & moderately warm, but dark and cloudy all day. yet continued dry all day . |
| 2d. The Wind N. calm, cloudy & dark all day, and moderately warm, & made no rain this day neither ☞ [this pointing hand symbol is in the margin, pointing at this line sw] had Wm. Griffith the Weaver served with notice in writing [to sw] part from my house & lands next Allsts. |
| 3d. The Wind N. E calm, sun shiny, fair and warm all day, and a very great dew this morning, & the Sun at its riseing as red as blood, as it was last night like – –wise at setting. |
| 4th. The Wind N. E. calm, sunshiny, fair & warm all day, and a very great dew this morning equall to a moderate rain. The Market at LLanerch- -mêdd something higher than before. |
| 5th. The Wind N.E. very calm, sun shiny, fair & warm, and a very great dew. in the morning. continued fair, warm& pleasant all day. |
| 6th. The Wind W. very calm, warm & pleasantand sun Shiny all day; A full Market to day at LLanfechell, & plenty of Butcher's meat. |
| 7th. The Wind N. W. blowing fresh & sharp till 7 in ye Morn all the rest of the day very calm and hot: My Servants all this week are plowing for, & sowing Barley. |
| 8th. The Wind E. in the morning, but settled afterwards at N. very calm, sun shiny and warm all day. The Priest preached on Ecclesiastes Chap. 11th. vers. 9th. |
[this text appears on a page between the entries for 17 and 18 May 1743 sw] Monday the 8th. of this month of May 1743 was laid the foundation of Bodorgan Wind– = Mill near LLanfeirian. |
| 9th. The Wind N.E. calm, sun shîny & very hot all day. To day I finished Sowing Barley, & tunned my Cowslip Ale. |