July i8th. The Wind N. very calm Sunshiny clear & fair, and continued so till night. |
19th. The Wind this morning about i a clock came to S. with a very — great shower of rain; all the day was dark & cloudy & very cold for the time of year. The Market at LLanerchmedd very low & little asking |
20th. The Wind S. high & stormy all day, with frequent show ers of rain and some of them very heavy morning and Evening; The Markett at LLanerchmedd very slow and little asking . |
2ist The Wind S. very moderate all day & quite calm in the Evening; dark and cloudy generally all day, but sultry especially in the Evening. |
22d. The Wind W. & by S. calm, Sun shiny, warm & fair all day; My people in the morning were opening the Ditch between the Great Meadow at Bodelwyn & the little meadow call'd Pladur Forgan: in the Evening they were in the Hay : paid Owen Thomas the Smith of Peirio 2s. 6d. for mak[ein sw]g [Nesta Evans gives 'making' sw] an Iron plate to the Hall Grate to lift up upon occasion & to fall to its place when not used. |
23d. The Wind N. very calm all day, raining hard in the morning and Evening accompanyed with Thunder in the Evening, from 10 in the morning till 3 in the Evening it was Sun Shiny clear&fair. |
24th. The Wind W. & by S. very moderate and warm, cloudy till 9. fair & clear the rest of the day till almost night when it made some rain· |
25th. The Wind W. & by S. and a mizling rain in the morning, cleared up about 9 & was Sun Shiny & fair all the rest of the day, there– was but a poor Fair to day at LLanfechell, there being no Cattle in it: gave 1s. to a poor man that suffered by losses from Cattle. |
26th. The Wind W. very moderate & warm, cloudy all the morning till ii with some little rain, Sun shiny & fair till 4 in the Evening & cloudy & dark all the rest of the day. |
27th. The Wind W. &by S. blowing very moderate & warm but cloudy & dark all day except 2 or 3 hours about noon; & continued dry all this day; To Day my old and faithfull Dog Ranter(who had been in my family from the i0 day December 1730 to this day, being 17 years & near 8 months ) dyed: he was old enough when he came here to follow a horse, which he did from Gledlon in flint shire to this house, and I believe he had lived sometime longer had not he been carryed off by a Distempter which was a swelling in his head– his Teeth being better than ^severall^ many Dogs of half that Age · |