September 29

Posted by sydney on Sep 29th, 2008
  • 1791: September 29, 1791 – A gale rises every morning at ten o’ the clock & falls at sunset.
  • 1789: September 29, 1789 – Swallows not seen: they withdraw in bad weather, & perhaps sleep most of their time away like dogs & cats, who have a power of accululating rest, when the season does not permit them to be active.
  • 1788: September 29, 1788 – Mr Churton left us.  T.H. White came from Fyfield.
  • 1787: September 29, 1787 – Vast flock of ravens on the down.
  • 1784: September 29, 1784 – Took possession of Selborne curacy.
  • 1783: September 29, 1783 – Gathered-in the apples, knobbed russets, & non-pareils.  Royal russets none.  All the baking pears were blown down.  No dearlings.
  • 1782: September 29, 1782 – It is remarkable that this wet cold weather produces no good mushrooms.  A great plenty of the pale, coarse sort appeared early in the autumn, but I have seen none with the salmon-coloured laminae, wich are the only edible sort.
  • 1781: September 29, 1781 – My well has now only three feet in water: it has never been so low, since my father sunk it, more than forty years ago.
  • 1778: September 29, 1778 – Herrings come into season.   The after-grass in this grazing-country is very short, & scanty.
  • 1776: September 29, 1776 – Nothing left abroad but seed-clover, & a few beans.
  • 1774: September 29, 1774 – Hops in some places not yet gathered.  Grapes begin to be good: the crop is scanty, & the branches & berries small.
  • 1773: September 29, 1773 – Multitudes of martins, but I think not many swallows.  Grapes are eatable, but not curious yet; are damaged by the wasps.
  • 1771: September 29, 1771 – Woodcock, Scolopax, appears early.   Glow-worms shine.
  • 1769: September 29, 1769 – Swallows and martins all the way on the downs.
  • 1768: September 29, 1768 – Swallows cluster on the bushes in the barnet.  Redstart.

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