July 28th.  The Wind W. & by S. blowing pretty fresh and cold all day with some short, small showers morning and Evening, and all the day was cloudy & dark·
29th. The Wind W. S.W. blowing moderately, raining hard in the morning about 6, cloudy & dark till i0, but all the rest of the day was dry, Sun Shiny & fair; Paid John Je[mne sw]ys (or Ginis) a Scotch Pedlar 4L. i3s. 4d. for things bought of him .
30th.  The Wind W. & by S. blowing moderate, Sun Shiny fair and dry– all this day, but not warm; gave the man that brought me a large Salmon from Mr. Thomas Ellis, 6d.
3ist.  The Wind W.N. W. blowing moderate, Sun shiny, fair & dry all day,and much warmer than heretofore.
August ist.  The Wind W. & W. by S. calm, cloudy & dark all day,with– Some small Showers of mizling rain that made it unfit for the hay: pd. Rhŷs Bentir 3s. 3d. for Butcher's meat bought of him this day.
2d.  The Wind W. & by S. blowing moderate, cloudy, dark & overcast, & raining a great part of the morning; but the Evening was dry . 
3d.  The Wind N. blowing fresh and very cold with some little rain in the morning, and a good deal on the fall of Night: To Day was baptized in LLanfechell Church 3 Girls of Owen Edward born last night.
4th.  The Wind N. blowing fresh and very cold all day, especially in the Evening, cloudy & dark & some little rain in the morning: Paid– Wm. Callen Officer of Excise i4s. being my Composition for Malt & Candles from Midsummer i755 to Midsumer [there is a wavy line over the 'm' sw] i756.
5th.  The Wind N. blowing fresh and very cold, but Sun Shiny fair & dry all this day: pd. Rhys Bentir is. [1/- sw] for a quarter of Mutton 
6th.  The Wind N. blowing moderate, but very cold, cloudy and dark all day, but made very little rain.
7th.  ●8 [this is written vertically in the margin below '7th.' sw] The Wind N. calm, cloudy & dark, but not cold all this day, the__ Evening was Sun Shiny and fair and dry all this day : To Day I begun to carry in my upland hay and makeing it into Stacks.

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