October 21st. The Wind N. W. and moderate & not so cold as yesterday, with some Sun Shine : To day I finished sowing my Pinfold of Rye at Coydan : My Leg (I thank God) is pretty well recovered now, but I have been troubled these 4 last days with Cholick pains attended with the want of Appetite; I took some Hiera Pi[e sw]ra yesterday, but as it was so cold that day, I find my self little better after it . |
22d. l8 [this is in the margin directly below '22d.' sw] The Wind E. blowing moderate & not cold, and generally Sun shiny and fair; and continued so all day: The Herrings that had left these Coasts some 8 or 9 days last past came here again, and some had 500 & more in a net· |
23d. The Wind E. & moderate with a mizling rain in the morning,but of a short continueance, & made several small & short showers after Slater —— [this is in the margin opposite this line sw] wards, lent Thomas the Slater 1s. |
24th. The Wind N.W. blowing fresh & cold all day and generally dark & cloudy & exceeding dry, it being difficult in these parts to have Corn ground; My people these days are carrying home Gorse for Winter – service. |
25th. The Wind W. blowing high, cold & stormy, but very dry, & generally– clear & Sunshine; the Evening especially was very cold. |
26th. The Wind E. blowing fresh and very cold, exceeding dry and generally Sun shiny & fair all day: A very great Fair for Cattle, Horses, Cloaths, woollen & Linnen at LLanfechell to day, but very little buying; Pd. 9d. for a Dosen besoms & 6d. for Nuts . |
27th. The Wind N.W. very calm ¢¢, cloudy & dark with some small dewy rain about 8, but soon over; Yet on the fall of night it set for rain, & begun to rain in earnest & continued so I believe most part, if not all the night. |
28th. The Wind S. pretty calm & raining hard in the morning till near 9; and continued to make frequent showers all the rest of the day. |
29th. The Wind S. blowing fresh and raining hard from long before day – till i in the Evening , was something dry afterwards till 3, And rained (yet not hard ) the rest of the Evening. |
30th. The Wind S. blowing fresh, Sun shiny, clear & fair till i in the Evening when it made a small shower, the rest of the day was fair and dry. |
31st. The Wind S. blowing fresh and raining generally very hard from 2 in the morning without any intermission till 2 in the Evening, at wch. time it was dry & from thence till near 3, rained afterwards till night, but ye night was moon Shiny and fair. |
November ist. The Wind W. calm, clear Sun Shiny and fair all the morning, &untill 2 in the Evening when it grew dark & cloudy & continued so the rest of the day: The Priest preached on Luke Chap: 22d. vers. 19th. A very great Con – gregation to day at LLanfechell Church. |