July 11, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 11th, 1780
Finished my great parlor, by hanging curtains, & fixing the looking-glass.
July 10, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 10th, 1780
Timothy eats voraciously; but picks out the hearts & stems of the Coss-lettuce, holding the outer leaves back with his feet.
July 8, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 8th, 1780
The excrement of the tortoise is hard & solid: but when that creature urines, as it often does plentifully, it voids after the water a soft white matter, much like the dung of birds of prey, which dries away into a sort of chalk-like substance.
July 5, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 5th, 1780
Began to cut the tall hedges. Put a bed of moss round the white cucumbers. Young partridges run.
July 4, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 4th, 1780
Female ants, big with egg, come-out from under the stairs.
July 3, 1780
Posted by sydney on Jul 3rd, 1780
The tortoise weighs six pounds & three quarters averdupoise; six pds. 12 oun:
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