| March 4th. The Wind W & by N. dark weather, but cold & dry, I carry dung to the Garden & dress it these days, sett some Eschalots & Garlick this day. |
| 5th. The Wind W. dark & cloudy, & very cold, especially in the Evening it was extream cold, this is the first day in Lent the Parliament was prayed for here, & the first time the youth were Catechized, the Parson pre<a>ched on James Ch. 1st. verse 17th. very insipidly I think _ |
| 6th. The Wind N. clear & dry, & very cold sowed to day Onion Seeds for the first time, pd Abraham Jones ye Shopkeeper of Llanfechell his shop Bill amounting to L 02: s16- [the 'L' and 's' are above the '0' and '1' respectively sw] |
| 7th. The Wind S.W. dark & cloudy & very cold, visited my Plantation at Gâllt ddu, & pruned some of the Elm & wallnut There .The Evening excessive cold & the wind high, & rained hard about 8 a clock & continued so most part of the night, but I had with good luck sowed my Carrot seeds before night. |
| 8th. The wind S.S.W. cold & raw, & raining all day (except half an hour's intermission betwixt 12 & i. ) all the Evening especially it rained prodigious hard till 9 at night, all the low grounds were under water: Pd. to day to one Humphreys of Holy-well by the directions of Mr. Ellis Price 12L. 9s. 6d. money due for my Son's Board & schooling there —— |
9th 10● [this is written below '9th' sw] The Wind S.W. cold & raw, but fair & clear in the _ Morning with a thick hoar frost, about 9 it begun to rain, & made severall cold showers from that to night · all the Children of these neighbouring Parishes are, or have been under the Small Pox; & great many of them dye. there's also a strange & uncommon distemper seizes some, which is called the Hen Pox ∼ |