The Natural History of Selborne

Crysanthemums stilli in bloom.  Crocuss, Jonquils, winter aconite, snow-drops peep out of Ground.

Ice, fine day. Soft afternoon.  Many gnats appear.  A martin seen it was very brisk, & lively.

Ice, fine day.  Soft afternoon.  Many gnats appear.  A martin seen: it was very brisk, & lively.

The ground in a sad drowned condition.  The low fallows can never be sowed.

The barometer unusually low considering there is little wind.  The astonishing fall of the glass was remarked all the kingdom over: we had no wind, & not much rain, ; only vast swagging rock-like clouds appear’d at a distance.

Many sorts of flies still appear, the musca carnaria, meridiana, tenax, &c.

The Ground dries much.  Wheat continues to be sown.  Elms are still in full leaf.

Fallows begin to work well.  Woodcocks in the high wood.

Glass rises violently.  Planted a plot of cabbages to stand the winter.  Wheat is sown.

Bat appears.  Hedge-hogs cease to dig the walks.