The Natural History of Selborne

The cabbage-plants that were to have stood the winter seem to be killed: lettuces under the fruit-wall are damaged.  Later note: but they have all recovered.

Hares, driven by the severity of the weather, crop the pinks in the garden.

Vast rime on the trees all day.  The naked turnips suffer, especially where the fields incline to the sun: they are frozen, & then thawed, & so rot.  Those farmers are best off this winter, who pulled their turnips, & stacked them up in buildings, & under hedges. Lambs fall very fast.

The ground very dirty, & hollow from the frost.

On this day Sr George Rodney defeated the Spanish fleet off Cadiz.  A precipitate thaw.  The rain last night tore-up the N. field lane very badly.

For want of snow to cover, the garden-things suffer; cabbages, spinage, celeri, &c.

Hard frost.  On this day Sr George Rodney took a large Spanish convoy off cape Finister.

Vast condensations, & drippings from the trees.

Ice is very thick.