April 24, 1779
Posted by sydney on Apr 24th, 1779
Hail, stormy, strong wind. The wind broke-off the great elm in the churchyard short in two: the head of which injured the yew-tree. The garden is much damaged by the wind. Many tulips & other flowers are injured by the hail. The lighting on friday morning shivered the masts of the Terrible man of war in Portsmouth harbour. The field-crickets in the short Lithe have cast their skins, are much encreased in bulk, show their wings, being now arrived in *maturity*. ‘Til this alteration they are in their pupa-state, but are alert, & eat; yet cannot chirp, nor propagate their kind.
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