April 2d.  The Wind S.W. blowing very high and stormy all day, notwithstanding it made frequent showers of very heavy rain in the Evening and night: paid 6s. for Malt.
3d.  The Wind S.W. blowing very high and stormy all this day also, tho accompanyed with very heavy showers of rain both morning and Evening.
4th.  The Wind S. W. blowing fresh, but not very high & stormy often Sun shiny and all this day was dry: This day being LLanerchymedd fair, I was told that some inpertinent busy fellow ordered it to be proclaimed that a Fair would be annually kept at LLanfechell on the First of May: which Fairs for the most part being idle meetings I think that adding to the number of them cannot be beneficial in any trading Countrey, especially here when they were so numerous before: Paid Marged ’chuw Morus i8d. for a quarter of Veal and the head.
5th.  The Wind S. very calm cloudy and dark, and raining a small, mizling dirty rain most part of the day . 
6th.  The Wind  S. W. calm, dark & cloudy with a dirty mizling – rain all the morning; the Evening was something dryer – but cloudy & dark: gave John Prichd. Samuel is. [1/- sw] for carrying from Holy head Some Cypress Plants and Roots of large Reeds that Mr. Wright sent from Leghorn, but those and a great many other plants of that Countrey which he had sent were given away by the Master of the Ship, or were afterward embezzld & stolen at the Customs house in Dublin & such as were found were so shockingly abused & trod that these I have I believe will n[i sw]ver grow: Pd. also i3s. Duty & fees at that Custom house ·
7th.  The Wind S. W. calm, cloudy & dark weather attended with – frequent showers of very heavy rain this day also.
8th.  The Wind S.W. blowing very moderate yet made heavy showers thisday also : pd. J[e sw]mmys the Scotchman 3L. i9s. for Cloath,(viz)3L. 5s. for 26 yards of Shirting at 2s. 6d. & 3 yards 2/1 of Musling at 4s. a yard.

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