| November 30th. The <Wind> Varying all this day likewise, but was a clear, Sun Shiny fair day from first to last & warm withall, a very poor Markett for flesh at LLanfechell, considering the time of the year. |
| December 1st. The Wind E N.E. clear, fair & dry all day, my people all this week are fallowing for Barley at Ferem . |
| 2d. The Wind N.E. very clear, fair & Serene, haveing freez'd very hard last night, & great hoar frost withall. |
| 3d. The Wind E. in the Morning, clear & fair, came before night to S.E. & settled at last in the S. grew excessive cold, and rained very hard, as it did last night likewise. |
4th. 4❍ [this is written in the margin below '4th.' sw] The Wind N.E. calm, & dark weather, and raining a mizling, dirty rain all day, my people at the same work still of plowing or fallowing for Barley at Ferem. |
5th. The Wind S.S.W. blowing high ,and raining long before day and continued to rain very hard & to blow a rank storm of wind all day,— pd. 7s. for 6 pair of Mucking Panniers– [the rest of this entry is written across the margin and the main part of the page sw] The following receipt for ye cure of the Bite of a Mad Dog, was communicated by a Gentleman, who assures us, that for 16 years past it has not failed in ye Cure of any one person ,out of many that have taken it. [this seems to be from the first issue of The Scots Magazine, published in 1739 sw] Take 24 Grains of Native Cinnabar [mercury sulphide sw], 24 Grains of factitious [artificial sw] Cinnabar, & 10 Grains [The Scots Magazine transcription at http://www.scotsmagazine.com/history/insidepgsHistory.asp gives 'sixteen grains', but this might be a transcription mistake on their part sw] of ye finest Musk; reduce each of these separately, to an exceeding fine powder; then mix them well together in a glass of Rum, Arrack [a distilled alcoholic drink from South and South-east Asia sw] or Brandy, & drink it off, all at one Dose, as soon as possible ye can after you are bit; & take a second Dose 30 days after ye first, —— But suppose you should happen to be bit by a Dog, & should neglect takeing any remedy – soon after ye Bite, upon a Supposition the ye Dog was not Mad: in such a case as soon as any Symptoms of madness appears in ye person by that neglect, they must take a Dose as soon as possible they can after those Symptoms appear, & instead of taking a second Dose 30 days after ye first, as in ye other case mentioned above, ye second dose must be given 3 hours after ye first, which, by throwing ye Patient into a profound Sleep and a strong perspiration, will thoroughly cure ye bite of any mad Animal, tho ye Distemper was in ye very last stage. |