September 7, 1782
Posted by sydney on Sep 7th, 1782
Many Selborne farmers finished wheat-harvest. The latter housings are in delicate order: the early housed will be cold, & damp. The swifts left Lyndon in the county of Rutland, for the most part, about August 23. Some continued ’till August 29: & one till September 3!! In all our observation Mr Barker & I never saw or heard of a swift in September, tho’ we have remarked them for more than 40 years. All nature this summer seems to keep pace with the backwardness of the season.