March 25th. 1748 The Wind S. moderate in the morn- -ing, & blowing fresh in the Evening; All the day was hazy & dark, & sometimes with a mizling rain, about 10 at night it rained pretty hard: pd. 1d. for Clary Seeds. |
26th. The Wind S. S. W. blowing fresh, cloudy & dark generally— all day, yet made no rain till 5 in the Evening when it blew a very high wind and all the night was stormy with a driveing rain; My people these 2 last days were scattering Mole hills & the Dung of Cattle upon Grass and hay fields. |
27th. The Wind W S. blowing fresh and raining almost all day,& some– times very hard, as from 8 to past 9 in the morning, & from4 in the Evening till 7. The Priest preached on i. Cor: Chap. iith. & part of the 17th. vers. |
28th. The Wind S. blowing fresh, Sun shiny fair & dry ing well all day, my people all this day ( instead of plowing for Barley ) were takeing out the Timber I bought for that accursed Mill, & carrying the Mill Shaft to the Mill which was all their work this day, except carrying the rest of them up the bank from the reach of the Sea: Pd. 3d. for Ale at Cemaes, & pd. i8s. for the Sea Carriage of those timber, So that I have laid out already 7 pounds 9 shillings— without a stick of them being put in its work, & out of 2 years rent, being 23 pounds I received onely 6 pounds 10 shillings. |
29th. The Wind Variable from E. in the morning to S. & Afterwards to N. Sun Shiny fair, dry & pleasant & moderately warm all day. |
30th. The Wind N. blowing fresh and very cold, dark & cloudy almost all day, made some little rain about 8 in the morning, but soon over. |
31st. The Wind E. blowing fresh, cloudy and dark generally, and very cold all day, made some little rain in the morning, but soon over: To Day I begin to sow Barley. Pd. Gabriel Jones 16 pence for a Handkerchief for Ann Wright. |