October 4

Posted by sydney on Oct 4th, 2008
  • 1790: October 4, 1790 – Three martin’s nests at Mr Burbey’s are now full of young!
  • 1789: October 4, 1789 – The breed of hares is great: last year there were few.  Some have remarked that hared abound most in wet summers.
  • 1788: October 4, 1788 – Fyfield, the spaniel, rejects the bones of a wood-cock with horror.  Gathered in the non-pareils.  The prodigious crop of apples this year verified in some measure the words of Virgil made use of in the description of the Corycian garden;
    “Quotq’ in flore novo pomis se fertilis arbos/Induerat, totidem in autumno matura tenebat.”
  • 1786: October 4, 1786 – On this day an woodcock was seen in a coppice at Froyle.  Gathered-in the Royal-russets, & knobbed russets; the former are fine shewy apples.  There is a good crop of each sort.
  • 1785: October 4, 1785 – Bror. Henry comes.
  • 1783: October 4, 1783 – This day has been at Selborne the honey market: for a person from Chert came over with a cart, to whom all the villagers round about brought their hives, & sold their contents.  This year has proved a good one to the upland bee-gardens, but not to those near the forest.  Combs were sold last year at about 3 3/4d per pound; this year from 3 1/2-4d.  Women pick up acorns, & sell them for 1s pr bushel.  A splendid meteor seen at half hour past six in the evening; but not so large as that on the 18th of August.
  • 1782: October 4, 1782 – Numbers of pheasants at Inne down-coppice.
  • 1781: October 4, 1781 – No h. martins, nor swallows in the village, nor sand-martins about the forest.  Ld Stawel was fishing Wolmer-pond with a long net drawn by ten men.
  • 1779: October 4, 1779 – Mushrooms abound.  Made catchup.
  • 1775: October 4, 1775 – One swallow.  What can this bird be doing behind by itself?  Why might they not have all staid, since this individual seems brisk, & vigorous.
  • 1773: October 4, 1773 – Vetches & pease are mostly spoiled.  Martins.  Mr Yalden has 10 acres of barley abroad.
  • 1770: October 4, 1770 – Ring-ouzels near Ringmer.  Swallows abound.
  • 1768: October 4, 1768 – Grapes are good.  The ash and mulberry cast their leaves.

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