July 19, 1786

Posted by sydney on Jul 19th, 1786

Oaks put-out their midsummer shoots, some of which are red, & some yellow; & those oaks that were stripped by caterpillars begin to be cloathed with verdure.  Many beeches are loaded with mast, so that their boughs become very pendulous, & look brown, I see no acorns.  Selborne down is very rusty: the pond still is one part in three in water.

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