| August i3th. The Wind N. & by E. calm, Sun shiny & fair all this day also, but an exceeding great hoar frost this morning. my people at the same work to day as yesterday. |
i4th. ● 11 [this is written vertically in the margin below 'i4th.' sw] The Wind S. E. calm, cloudy & dark weather all day with some little rain about 3 in the Evening but soon over: The Curate Priest did preach on Exod: Chap; 20th. verse 7th. gave 2s. to a Collection for __ a poor man from LLanelian who had his house burnt & all he had in it by some wicked person when he & his wife were gone from hom^e^. |
| i5th. The Wind E. & by N. blowing very fresh all day, & cold inthe Even- - ing, cloudy & dark with a heavy shower about Sun rise and raining hard some time last night, but drying well all the day afterwards· |
| i6th. The Wind E. cloudy and dark all the morning, the Evening Sun shiny and fair blowing fresh all day: Paid Hugh – Mc. Millan a Scotch Pedlar 3 pounds 6s. for things bought of him for Ann Wright & my self· and pd. my Sister 5 pounds ofthe money I owe her by Note· |
| i7th. The Wind E. blowing pretty fresh & very warm, Sun shiny & hot till 4 in the Evening when it grew cloudy & overcast — for the rest of the day & made some little raîn on the fall of night: To Day I begin to reap: Pd. for a Sîde Sadle for Ann Wright 6L. 9s. whîch is worth about 3L. Pd. also 2s. 10d. for spice. |
| i8th. The Wind E. calm, cloudy & dark and raining more or less almost all day . |
| i9th. The Wind E. calm, dark & cloudy all the morning with some little rain about 8,the Evening Sun shiny, fair & clear & drying well: Pd. Rhŷs Bentir 3s. for Butcher's meat, & id.2/1 for Ale at Cemaes. |
| 20th. The Wind N. W. blowing very fresh & very cold all this day & made some little rain about i0, but all the rest of the day was dry & my people every day were reaping since they begun. |
2ist. The Wind S.W. blowing very moderate, cloudy & dark all the morning with severall showers of heavy rain; the Evening in generall was sun shiny & drying well; Paid Thomas Godfrey & Hugh Sion,(Aberdovey — people ) 6L. iis. for i3i solid feet of Oak at 1s. a foot & 3s. for three small pieces of Ash ·The Oak were extraordinary strait & fine timber free from — ☞ [this pointing figure is in the margin pointing between the previous line and the next one sw] knots, but of no great dimensions, most of them being of the Size for—– large Couples, & severall of 7 & 8 yards long . |